 Solution (source code)

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= Solution

Deleting the first up-step and last down-step of a strictly positive walk of semilength $n$ and lowering the remainder by one gives a Dyck path of semilength $n-1$, bijectively. Hence $D_n=C_{n-1}$ and
$$
D(x)=\sum_{n\geq1}D_nx^n=xC(x).
$$

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