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A derivation of the Catalan numbers from a bijection between permutations and labeled trees

Bennet Vance

math.COarXiv:math/0112107

Abstract

We present an algorithmic mapping from permutations of length dn to labeled n-node d-ary trees and back again. Given such a bijection, one can interpret each of the factorials in the formula for the Catalan numbers as a count of permutations.

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