The area of a Dyck path. This is the number of complete squares in the integer lattice which are below the path and above the x-axis. The 'half-squares' directly above the axis do not contribute to this statistic. 1. Dyck paths are bijection with '''area sequences''' $(a_1,\ldots,a_n)$ such that $a_1 = 0, a_{k+1} \leq a_k + 1$. 2. The generating function $\mathbf{D}_n(q) = \sum_{D \in \mathfrak{D}_n} q^{\operatorname{area}(D)}$ satisfy the recurrence $$\mathbf{D}_{n+1}(q) = \sum q^k \mathbf{D}_k(q) \mathbf{D}_{n-k}(q).$$ 3. The area is equidistributed with [[St000005]] and [[St000006]]. Pairs of these statistics play an important role in the theory of $q,t$-Catalan numbers.

The major index of the composition. The descents of a composition $[c_1,c_2,\dots,c_k]$ are the partial sums $c_1, c_1+c_2,\dots, c_1+\dots+c_{k-1}$, excluding the sum of all parts. The major index of a composition is the sum of its descents. For details about the major index see [[Permutations/Descents-Major]].

The major index north count of a Dyck path. The descent set $\operatorname{des}(D)$ of a Dyck path $D = D_1 \cdots D_{2n}$ with $D_i \in \{N,E\}$ is given by all indices $i$ such that $D_i = E$ and $D_{i+1} = N$. This is, the positions of the valleys of $D$. The '''major index''' of a Dyck path is then the sum of the positions of the valleys, $\sum_{i \in \operatorname{des}(D)} i$, see [[St000027]]. The '''major index north count''' is given by $\sum_{i \in \operatorname{des}(D)} \#\{ j \leq i \mid D_j = N\}$.

The major index east count of a Dyck path. The descent set $\operatorname{des}(D)$ of a Dyck path $D = D_1 \cdots D_{2n}$ with $D_i \in \{N,E\}$ is given by all indices $i$ such that $D_i = E$ and $D_{i+1} = N$. This is, the positions of the valleys of $D$. The '''major index''' of a Dyck path is then the sum of the positions of the valleys, $\sum_{i \in \operatorname{des}(D)} i$, see [[St000027]]. The '''major index east count''' is given by $\sum_{i \in \operatorname{des}(D)} \#\{ j \leq i \mid D_j = E\}$.

The sum of the positions of the ones in a binary word.

The (standard) major index of a standard tableau. A descent of a standard tableau $T$ is an index $i$ such that $i+1$ appears in a row strictly below the row of $i$. The (standard) major index is the the sum of the descents.