Counting Problems in Lattices
Time and place
12:30–1:30 PM on Thursday, July 1st, 2021; Zoom
Robert Donley (Queensborough Community College)
Abstract
In addition to the Binomial Theorem, Pascal's Triangle gives a method for counting paths in a rectangular grid. We review Vandermonde convolution in this context and consider similar examples, including Young diagrams and semi-magic squares of size 3.