We present a bijective proof of Shapiro's convolution formula involving Catalan numbers of even index. As a corollary, we give a new interpretation of the Catalan numbers.
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Péter Hajnal; Gábor V. Nagy. A bijective proof of Shapiro's Catalan convolution. The electronic journal of combinatorics, Tome 21 (2014) no. 2. doi: 10.37236/3909