Number Gossip
(Enter a number and I'll tell you everything you wanted to know about it but were afraid to ask.)
Rare Properties of 429
The n-th Catalan number is equal to (2n choose n)/(n+1) = (2n)!/(n!(n+1)!).
There are many ways Catalan numbers can be interpreted; there are some cool pictures here and the Wikipedia article is very good.
Common Properties of 429
To build the lucky number sequence, start with natural numbers. Delete every second number, leaving 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, ... . The second number remaining is 3, so delete every third number, leaving 1, 3, 7, 9, 13, 15, 19, 21, ... . The next number remaining is 7, so delete every 7th number, leaving 1, 3, 7, 9, 13, 15, 21, ... . The next number remaining is 9, so delete every ninth number, etc.
Those numbers were lucky they weren't crossed out.