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number of paths

Source: 2016 KJMO #8

November 14, 2016
combinatorics

Problem Statement

One moving point in the coordinate plane can move right or up one position. NN is a number of all paths : paths that moving point starts from (0,0)(0, 0), without passing (1,0),(2,1),...,(n,n1)(1, 0), (2, 1), . . . , (n, n-1) and moves 2n2n times to (n,n)(n, n). aka_k is a number of special paths : paths include in NN, but kkth moves to the right, k+1k+1th moves to the up. find 1N(a1+a2+...+a2n1)\frac{1}{N} (a_1+a_2+ . . . + a_{2n-1})