RosettaCodeData/Task/Catalan-numbers-Pascals-triangle/Mathematica/catalan-numbers-pascals-triangle.math
2023-07-01 13:44:08 -04:00

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nextrow[lastrow_] := Module[{output},
output = ConstantArray[1, Length[lastrow] + 1];
Do[
output[[i + 1]] = lastrow[[i]] + lastrow[[i + 1]];
, {i, 1, Length[lastrow] - 1}];
output
]
pascaltriangle[size_] := NestList[nextrow, {1}, size]
catalannumbers[length_] := Module[{output, basetriangle},
basetriangle = pascaltriangle[2 length];
list1 = basetriangle[[# *2 + 1, # + 1]] & /@ Range[length];
list2 = basetriangle[[# *2 + 1, # + 2]] & /@ Range[length];
list1 - list2
]
(* testing *)
catalannumbers[15]