HMMT 二月 2001 · 冲刺赛 · 第 3 题
HMMT February 2001 — Guts Round — Problem 3
题目详情
- [7] Find the number of triangulations of a general convex 7-gon into 5 triangles by 4 diagonals that do not intersect in their interiors. ∞ ( ) ∏ 1
解析
- [7] Find the number of triangulations of a general convex 7-gon into 5 triangles by 4 diagonals that do not intersect in their interiors. ( ) 2 n 1 Solution: Define the Catalan numbers by C ( n ) = . The current solution is the n +1 n C (number of triangles) = C (5) = 42 . ∞ ( ) ∏ 1