Number of cycles in the graph of 312-avoiding permutations

Richard Ehrenborg, Sergey Kitaev, Einar Steingrímsson

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Abstract

The graph of overlapping permutations is defined in a way analogous to the De Bruijn graph on strings of symbols. However, instead of requiring the tail of one permutation to equal the head of another for them to be connected by an edge, we require that the head and tail in question have their letters appear in the same order of size. We give a formula for the number of cycles of length d in the subgraph of overlapping 312-avoiding permutations. Using this we also give a refinement of the enumeration of 312-avoiding affine permutations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)37-48
Number of pages12
JournalDiscrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science
StatePublished - 2014
Event26th International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics, FPSAC 2014 - Chicago, United States
Duration: Jun 29 2014Jul 3 2014

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DMTCS), Nancy, France

Keywords

  • Affine permutations
  • Graph of overlapping permutations
  • Number of cycles
  • Permutation pattern

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science
  • Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics

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