Minggatu-Catalan Number
First discovered by the Chinese Mathematician Minggatu 明安图 (清 康熙, 1730), later by the French (né Belgian) Ecole Polytechnique mathematicianEugène Charles Catalan (1814 – 1894).
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2. Proof of Minggatu Catalan numbers
3. Monoid
4. Kleene Star