On Shapiro's Catalan convolution

George E. Andrews

doi:10.1016/j.aam.2010.07.003

On Shapiro's Catalan convolution

George E. Andrews

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L. Shapiro found an elegant formula for the self-convolution of the even subscripted terms in the Catalan sequence. This paper provides a natural q-analog of Shapiro's formula together with three proofs, one of which is purely combinatorial.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	15-24
Number of pages	10
Journal	Advances in Applied Mathematics
Volume	46
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aam.2010.07.003
State	Published - Jan 2011

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Applied Mathematics

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