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q-Analogs of the Catalan number identities of Touchard, Jonah, and Koshy are derived.
Mathematics Subject Classification (2000) 05A10, 05A16, 05A30
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Andrews, G.E. (2010). q-Catalan Identities. In: Alladi, K., Klauder, J., Rao, C. (eds) The Legacy of Alladi Ramakrishnan in the Mathematical Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6263-8_10
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