IMO Shortlist 1999 problem C1
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Let
be an integer. A path from
to
in the
plane is a chain of consecutive unit moves either to the right (move denoted by
) or upwards (move denoted by
), all the moves being made inside the half-plane
. A step in a path is the occurence of two consecutive moves of the form
. Show that the number of paths from
to
that contain exactly
steps
is













Izvor: Međunarodna matematička olimpijada, shortlist 1999