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An open meander of order

is a non-self-intersecting curve (river) intersecting a line (road) at

points (bridges).

No formula, recurrence relation, or generating function is known yet for the number of distinct open meanders (the meandric numbers).

Contributed by: David Bevan

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Open Meanders