WORKED DEFAULT
Check the calculation with the default inputs
For n = 4 and order p = 3, C(12,4) / 9 gives Fuss-Catalan value 55.
- Build binomialC(pn,n)
- Build divisor(p-1)n+1
- Divide exactlyC3(4)=55
COMBINATORICS / HIGHER ARITY
Evaluate the order-p Fuss-Catalan number for a bounded nonnegative index using its exact binomial identity.
METHOD / WORKED EXAMPLE
Evaluate the order-p Fuss-Catalan number for a bounded nonnegative index using its exact binomial identity. The result panel keeps the defining recurrence or counting identity visible so the output can be checked independently.
WORKED DEFAULT
For n = 4 and order p = 3, C(12,4) / 9 gives Fuss-Catalan value 55.
READ THE RESULT
The order parameter changes the counted higher-arity family; this is not merely an ordinary Catalan index shift.
ASSUMPTIONS AND LIMITS
Inputs are capped because binomial values grow rapidly and unsafe exact results are refused.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Compute the exact binomial coefficient C(pn,n), then divide by (p-1)n+1 under the stated order-p convention. The indexing, equivalence relation, and counted objects are stated in the method and worked example. Inputs must be whole numbers inside the displayed domain; the page never rounds a decimal into an accepted index. This ties the answer to one explicit convention instead of silently mixing sequence offsets or combinatorial interpretations.
The order parameter changes the counted higher-arity family; this is not merely an ordinary Catalan index shift. Small boundary cases and the displayed recurrence or identity provide useful independent checks. Recompute the displayed recurrence or closed form with the same inputs and compare its previous terms or counting factors. That check supports this bounded result, but it does not transfer the interpretation to a different sequence or counting object.
Inputs are capped because binomial values grow rapidly and unsafe exact results are refused. The implementation uses integer arithmetic internally and refuses results beyond the safe display boundary. Combinatorial and recurrence values can grow rapidly even when the inputs look small. The conservative cap prevents browser stalls and avoids presenting an unsafe floating-point integer as exact; larger work needs arbitrary-precision software and independent resource controls.
RELATED TOOLS
Use boundary
Compute the exact binomial coefficient C(pn,n), then divide by (p-1)n+1 under the stated order-p convention.
C_p(n)=C(pn,n)/((p-1)n+1).