26 research outputs found
Permutation patterns and statistics
Let S_n denote the symmetric group of all permutations of the set {1, 2,
...,n} and let S = \cup_{n\ge0} S_n. If Pi is a set of permutations, then we
let Av_n(Pi) be the set of permutations in S_n which avoid every permutation of
Pi in the sense of pattern avoidance. One of the celebrated notions in pattern
theory is that of Wilf-equivalence, where Pi and Pi' are Wilf equivalent if
#Av_n(Pi)=#Av_n(Pi') for all n\ge0. In a recent paper, Sagan and Savage
proposed studying a q-analogue of this concept defined as follows. Suppose
st:S->N is a permutation statistic where N represents the nonnegative integers.
Consider the corresponding generating function, F_n^{st}(Pi;q) = sum_{sigma in
Av_n(Pi)} q^{st sigma}, and call Pi,Pi' st-Wilf equivalent if
F_n^{st}(Pi;q)=F_n^{st}(Pi';q) for all n\ge0. We present the first in-depth
study of this concept for the inv and maj statistics. In particular, we
determine all inv- and maj-Wilf equivalences for any Pi containd in S_3. This
leads us to consider various q-analogues of the Catalan numbers, Fibonacci
numbers, triangular numbers, and powers of two. Our proof techniques use
lattice paths, integer partitions, and Foata's fundamental bijection. We also
answer a question about Mahonian pairs raised in the Sagan-Savage article.Comment: 28 pages, 5 figures, tightened up the exposition, noted that some of
the conjectures have been prove
Descent sets on 321-avoiding involutions and hook decompositions of partitions
We show that the distribution of the major index over the set of involutions
in S_n that avoid the pattern 321 is given by the q-analogue of the n-th
central binomial coefficient. The proof consists of a composition of three
non-trivial bijections, one being the Robinson-Schensted correspondence,
ultimately mapping those involutions with major index m into partitions of m
whose Young diagram fits inside an n/2 by n/2 box. We also obtain a refinement
that keeps track of the descent set, and we deduce an analogous result for the
comajor index of 123-avoiding involutions
Inversion Polynomials for Permutations Avoiding Consecutive Patterns
In 2012, Sagan and Savage introduced the notion of -Wilf equivalence for
a statistic and for sets of permutations that avoid particular permutation
patterns which can be extended to generalized permutation patterns. In this
paper we consider -Wilf equivalence on sets of two or more consecutive
permutation patterns. We say that two sets of generalized permutation patterns
and are -Wilf equivalent if the generating function for the
inversion statistic on the permutations that simultaneously avoid all elements
of is equal to the generating function for the inversion statistic on the
permutations that simultaneously avoid all elements of .
In 2013, Cameron and Killpatrick gave the inversion generating function for
Fibonacci tableaux which are in one-to-one correspondence with the set of
permutations that simultaneously avoid the consecutive patterns and
In this paper, we use the language of Fibonacci tableaux to study the
inversion generating functions for permutations that avoid where is
a set of five or fewer consecutive permutation patterns. In addition, we
introduce the more general notion of a strip tableaux which are a useful
combinatorial object for studying consecutive pattern avoidance. We go on to
give the inversion generating functions for all but one of the cases where
is a subset of three consecutive permutation patterns and we give several
results for a subset of two consecutive permutation patterns
Operators of equivalent sorting power and related Wilf-equivalences
We study sorting operators on permutations that are obtained
composing Knuth's stack sorting operator and the reversal operator
, as many times as desired. For any such operator , we
provide a size-preserving bijection between the set of permutations sorted by
and the set of those sorted by , proving that these sets are enumerated by the
same sequence, but also that many classical permutation statistics are
equidistributed across these two sets. The description of this family of
bijections is based on a bijection between the set of permutations avoiding the
pattern and the set of those avoiding which preserves many
permutation statistics. We also present other properties of this bijection, in
particular for finding pairs of Wilf-equivalent permutation classes.Comment: 18 pages, 8 figure