{ "id": "0709.3044", "version": "v2", "published": "2007-09-19T15:45:53.000Z", "updated": "2010-02-10T10:34:01.000Z", "title": "Determinants of (generalised) Catalan numbers", "authors": [ "Christian Krattenthaler" ], "comment": "AmS-TeX, 16 pages; minor corrections", "journal": "J. Statist. Plann. Inference 140 (2010), 2260-2270", "categories": [ "math.CO" ], "abstract": "We show that recent determinant evaluations involving Catalan numbers and generalisations thereof have most convenient explanations by combining the Lindstr\\\"om-Gessel-Viennot theorem on non-intersecting lattice paths with a simple determinant lemma from [Manuscripta Math. 69 (1990), 173-202]. This approach leads also naturally to extensions and generalisations.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v2", "updated": "2010-02-10T10:34:01.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "05A19", "05A10", "05A15", "05E10", "11C20", "15A15", "33C45" ], "keywords": [ "catalan numbers", "simple determinant lemma", "convenient explanations", "generalisations thereof" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "note": { "typesetting": "AMS-TeX", "pages": 16, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2007arXiv0709.3044K" } } }