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The Narayana numbers

count the number of paths through a square lattice from

that take only steps northeast and southeast, never pass below the

axis, and contain

peaks. The sum of the Narayana numbers

over

is equal to the Catalan number

Contributed by: Robert Dickau

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Narayana Numbers