'use strict'; function factory (type, config, load, typed) { var add = load(require('../arithmetic/add')); var divide = load(require('../arithmetic/divide')); var multiply = load(require('../arithmetic/multiply')); var combinations = load(require('../probability/combinations')); var isNegative = load(require('../utils/isNegative')); var isInteger = load(require('../utils/isInteger')); /** * The Catalan Numbers enumerate combinatorial structures of many different types. * catalan only takes integer arguments. * The following condition must be enforced: n >= 0 * * Syntax: * * math.catalan(n) * * Examples: * * math.catalan(3); // returns 5; * math.catalan(8); // returns 1430; * * See also: * * bellNumbers * * @param {Number | BigNumber} n nth Catalan number * @return {Number | BigNumber} Cn(n) */ var catalan = typed('catalan', { 'number | BigNumber': function (n) { if (!isInteger(n) || isNegative(n)) { throw new TypeError('Non-negative integer value expected in function catalan'); } return divide(combinations(multiply(n,2), n), add(n,1)); } }); catalan.toTex = {1: '\\mathrm{C}_{${args[0]}}'}; return catalan; } exports.name = 'catalan'; exports.factory = factory;