Number of Binary Trees for given Preorder Sequence length

Count the number of Binary Tree possible for a given Preorder Sequence length n.
Examples:

Input : n = 1
Output : 1

Input : n = 2
Output : 2

Input : n = 3
Output : 5

Background :

In Preorder traversal, we process the root node first, then traverse the left child node and then right child node. 
For example preorder traversal of below tree is 1 2 4 5 3 6 7 

Finding number of trees with given Preorder:

Number of Binary Tree possible if such a traversal length (let’s say n) is given.
Let’s take an Example : Given Preorder Sequence –> 2 4 6 8 10 (length 5). 

• Assume there is only 1 node (that is 2 in this case), So only 1 Binary tree is Possible
• Now, assume there are 2 nodes (namely 2 and 4), So only 2 Binary Tree are Possible:
• Now, when there are 3 nodes (namely 2, 4 and 6), So Possible Binary tree are 5
• Consider 4 nodes (that are 2, 4, 6 and 8), So Possible Binary Tree are 14. 
  Let’s say BT(1) denotes number of Binary tree for 1 node. (We assume BT(0)=1) 
  BT(4) = BT(0) * BT(3) + BT(1) * BT(2) + BT(2) * BT(1) + BT(3) * BT(0) 
  BT(4) = 1 * 5 + 1 * 2 + 2 * 1 + 5 * 1 = 14
• Similarly, considering all the 5 nodes (2, 4, 6, 8 and 10). Possible number of Binary Tree are: 
  BT(5) = BT(0) * BT(4) + BT(1) * BT(3) + BT(2) * BT(2) + BT(3) * BT(1) + BT(4) * BT(0) 
  BT(5) = 1 * 14 + 1 * 5 + 2 * 2 + 5 * 1 + 14 * 1 = 42

Hence, Total binary Tree for Pre-order sequence of length 5 is 42.
We use Dynamic programming to calculate the possible number of Binary Tree. We take one node at a time and calculate the possible Trees using previously calculated Trees. 

C++

// C++ Program to count possible binary trees
// using dynamic programming
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

int countTrees(int n)
{
    // Array to store number of Binary tree
    // for every count of nodes
    int BT[n + 1];
    memset(BT, 0, sizeof(BT));

    BT[0] = BT[1] = 1;

    // Start finding from 2 nodes, since
    // already know for 1 node.
    for (int i = 2; i <= n; ++i)
        for (int j = 0; j < i; j++)
            BT[i] += BT[j] * BT[i - j - 1];

    return BT[n];
}

// Driver code
int main()
{
    int n = 5;
    cout << "Total Possible Binary Trees are : "
        << countTrees(n) << endl;
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java Program to count
// possible binary trees
// using dynamic programming
import java.io.*;

class GFG
{
static int countTrees(int n)
{
    // Array to store number
    // of Binary tree for
    // every count of nodes
    int BT[] = new int[n + 1];
    for(int i = 0; i <= n; i++)
    BT[i] = 0;
    BT[0] = BT[1] = 1;

    // Start finding from 2
    // nodes, since already
    // know for 1 node.
    for (int i = 2; i <= n; ++i)
        for (int j = 0; j < i; j++)
            BT[i] += BT[j] *
                     BT[i - j - 1];

    return BT[n];
}

// Driver code
public static void main (String[] args)
{
int n = 5;
System.out.println("Total Possible " +
                "Binary Trees are : " +
                       countTrees(n));
}
}

// This code is contributed by anuj_67.

Python3

# Python3 Program to count possible binary
# trees using dynamic programming

def countTrees(n) :

    # Array to store number of Binary
    # tree for every count of nodes
    BT = [0] * (n + 1)

    BT[0] = BT[1] = 1

    # Start finding from 2 nodes, since
    # already know for 1 node.
    for i in range(2, n + 1):
        for j in range(i):
            BT[i] += BT[j] * BT[i - j - 1]

    return BT[n]

# Driver Code
if __name__ == '__main__':

    n = 5
    print("Total Possible Binary Trees are : ",
                                 countTrees(n))

# This code is contributed by
# Shubham Singh(SHUBHAMSINGH10)

C#

// C# Program to count
// possible binary trees
// using dynamic programming
using System;

class GFG
{
static int countTrees(int n)
{
    // Array to store number
    // of Binary tree for
    // every count of nodes
    int []BT = new int[n + 1];
    for(int i = 0; i <= n; i++)
        BT[i] = 0;
        BT[0] = BT[1] = 1;

    // Start finding from 2
    // nodes, since already
    // know for 1 node.
    for (int i = 2; i <= n; ++i)
        for (int j = 0; j < i; j++)
            BT[i] += BT[j] *
                     BT[i - j - 1];

    return BT[n];
}

// Driver code
static public void Main (String []args)
{
    int n = 5;
    Console.WriteLine("Total Possible " +
                      "Binary Trees are : " +
                             countTrees(n));
}
}

// This code is contributed
// by Arnab Kundu

PHP

<?php
// PHP Program to count possible binary
// trees using dynamic programming

function countTrees($n)
{
    // Array to store number of Binary
    // tree for every count of nodes
    $BT[$n + 1] = array();
    $BT = array_fill(0, $n + 1, NULL);
    $BT[0] = $BT[1] = 1;

    // Start finding from 2 nodes, since
    // already know for 1 node.
    for ($i = 2; $i <= $n; ++$i)
        for ($j = 0; $j < $i; $j++)
            $BT[$i] += $BT[$j] *
                       $BT[$i - $j - 1];

    return $BT[$n];
}

// Driver code
$n = 5;
echo "Total Possible Binary Trees are : ",
                    countTrees($n), "\n";

// This code is contributed by ajit.
?>

Javascript

<script>
    // Javascript Program to count
    // possible binary trees
    // using dynamic programming

    function countTrees(n)
    {
        // Array to store number
        // of Binary tree for
        // every count of nodes
        let BT = new Array(n + 1);
        for(let i = 0; i <= n; i++)
            BT[i] = 0;
            BT[0] = BT[1] = 1;

        // Start finding from 2
        // nodes, since already
        // know for 1 node.
        for (let i = 2; i <= n; ++i)
            for (let j = 0; j < i; j++)
                BT[i] += BT[j] * BT[i - j - 1];

        return BT[n];
    }

    let n = 5;
    document.write("Total Possible " + "Binary Trees are : " + countTrees(n));

</script>

Output:

Total Possible Binary Trees are : 42

Time Complexity: O(n²)

Auxiliary Space : O(n)

Alternative :
This can also be done using Catalan number Cn = (2n)!/(n+1)!*n!
For n = 0, 1, 2, 3, … values of Catalan numbers are 1, 1, 2, 5, 14, 42, 132, 429, 1430, 4862, …. So are numbers of Binary Search Trees.

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