scholarly journals Pattern-avoiding Dyck paths

2013 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AS,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Bernini ◽  
Luca Ferrari ◽  
Renzo Pinzani ◽  
Julian West
Keyword(s):  
Asymptotic Behavior ◽  
Pattern Avoidance ◽  
Lattice Paths ◽  
Dyck Path ◽  
Typical Pattern ◽  
Open Problems ◽  
Dyck Paths ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Pattern Containment

International audience We introduce the notion of $\textit{pattern}$ in the context of lattice paths, and investigate it in the specific case of Dyck paths. Similarly to the case of permutations, the pattern-containment relation defines a poset structure on the set of all Dyck paths, which we call the $\textit{Dyck pattern poset}$. Given a Dyck path $P$, we determine a formula for the number of Dyck paths covered by $P$, as well as for the number of Dyck paths covering $P$. We then address some typical pattern-avoidance issues, enumerating some classes of pattern-avoiding Dyck paths. Finally, we offer a conjecture concerning the asymptotic behavior of the sequence counting Dyck paths avoiding a generic pattern and we pose a series of open problems regarding the structure of the Dyck pattern poset.

scholarly journals Bijections for lattice paths between two boundaries

2012 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AR,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergi Elizalde ◽  
Martin Rubey
Keyword(s):  
Joint Distribution ◽  
Tutte Polynomial ◽  
Lattice Paths ◽  
Dyck Paths ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Pattern Avoiding Permutations

International audience We prove that on the set of lattice paths with steps $N=(0,1)$ and $E=(1,0)$ that lie between two boundaries $B$ and $T$, the two statistics `number of $E$ steps shared with $B$' and `number of $E$ steps shared with $T$' have a symmetric joint distribution. We give an involution that switches these statistics, preserves additional parameters, and generalizes to paths that contain steps $S=(0,-1)$ at prescribed $x$-coordinates. We also show that a similar equidistribution result for other path statistics follows from the fact that the Tutte polynomial of a matroid is independent of the order of its ground set. Finally, we extend the two theorems to $k$-tuples of paths between two boundaries, and we give some applications to Dyck paths, generalizing a result of Deutsch, and to pattern-avoiding permutations. On montre que, sur l'ensemble des chemins avec des pas $N=(0,1)$ et $E=(1,0)$ qui se trouvent entre deux chemins donnés $B$ et $T$, les deux statistiques"`nombre des pas $E$ en commun avec $B$" et "nombre des pas $E$ en commun avec $T$" ont une distribution conjointe symétrique. On donne une involution qui échange ces deux statistiques, préserve quelques autres paramètres additionnels, et admet une généralisation à des chemins avec des pas $S=(0, -1)$ dans des positions données. On montre aussi un autre résultat d'équidistribution similaire, lié au polynôme de Tutte d'un matroïde. Finalement, on étend les deux théorèmes à $k$-tuples de chemins entre deux frontières, et on donne quelques applications aux chemins de Dyck, en généralisant un résultat de Deutsch, et aux permutations avec des motifs exclus.

scholarly journals Combinatorial specification of permutation classes

2012 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AR,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frédérique Bassino ◽  
Mathilde Bouvel ◽  
Adeline Pierrot ◽  
Carine Pivoteau ◽  
Dominique Rossin
Keyword(s):  
Generating Function ◽  
Pattern Avoidance ◽  
System Of Equations ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Pattern Containment

International audience This article presents a methodology that automatically derives a combinatorial specification for the permutation class $\mathcal{C} = Av(B)$, given its basis $B$ of excluded patterns and the set of simple permutations in $\mathcal{C}$, when these sets are both finite. This is achieved considering both pattern avoidance and pattern containment constraints in permutations.The obtained specification yields a system of equations satisfied by the generating function of $\mathcal{C}$, this system being always positive and algebraic. It also yields a uniform random sampler of permutations in $\mathcal{C}$. The method presented is fully algorithmic. Cet article présente une méthodologie qui calcule automatiquement une spécification combinatoire pour la classe de permutations $\mathcal{C} = Av(B)$, étant donnés une base $B$ de motifs interdits et l’ensemble des permutations simples de $\mathcal{C}$, lorsque ces deux ensembles sont finis. Ce résultat est obtenu en considérant à la fois des contraintes de motifs interdits et de motifs obligatoires dans les permutations. La spécification obtenue donne un système d’équations satisfait par la série génératrice de la classe $\mathcal{C}$, système qui est toujours positif et algébrique. Elle fournit aussi un générateur aléatoire uniforme de permutations dans $\mathcal{C}$. La méthode présentée est complètement algorithmique.

scholarly journals Dyck path triangulations and extendability (extended abstract)

2015 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings, 27th... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cesar Ceballos ◽  
Arnau Padrol ◽  
Camilo Sarmiento
Keyword(s):  
Cartesian Product ◽  
Explicit Construction ◽  
Oriented Matroids ◽  
Oriented Matroid ◽  
Dyck Path ◽  
Matroid Theory ◽  
Dyck Paths ◽  
Nous Montrons ◽  
International Audience

International audience We introduce the Dyck path triangulation of the cartesian product of two simplices $\Delta_{n-1}\times\Delta_{n-1}$. The maximal simplices of this triangulation are given by Dyck paths, and its construction naturally generalizes to produce triangulations of $\Delta_{r\ n-1}\times\Delta_{n-1}$ using rational Dyck paths. Our study of the Dyck path triangulation is motivated by extendability problems of partial triangulations of products of two simplices. We show that whenever$m\geq k>n$, any triangulations of $\Delta_{m-1}^{(k-1)}\times\Delta_{n-1}$ extends to a unique triangulation of $\Delta_{m-1}\times\Delta_{n-1}$. Moreover, with an explicit construction, we prove that the bound $k>n$ is optimal. We also exhibit interpretations of our results in the language of tropical oriented matroids, which are analogous to classical results in oriented matroid theory. Nous introduisons la triangulation par chemins de Dyck du produit cartésien de deux simplexes $\Delta_{n-1}\times\Delta_{n-1}$. Les simplexes maximaux de cette triangulation sont donnés par des chemins de Dyck, et cette construction se généralise de façon naturelle pour produire des triangulations $\Delta_{r\ n-1}\times\Delta_{n-1}$ qui utilisent des chemins de Dyck rationnels. Notre étude de la triangulation par chemins de Dyck est motivée par des problèmes de prolongement de triangulations partielles de produits de deux simplexes. On montre que $m\geq k>n$ alors toute triangulation de $\Delta_{m-1}^{(k-1)}\times\Delta_{n-1}$ se prolonge en une unique triangulation de $\Delta_{m-1}\times\Delta_{n-1}$. De plus, avec une construction explicite, nous montrons que la borne $k>n$ est optimale. Nous présentons aussi des interprétations de nos résultats dans le langage des matroïdes orientés tropicaux, qui sont analogues aux résultats classiques de la théorie des matroïdes orientés.

scholarly journals The location of the first maximum in the first sojourn of a Dyck path

2008 ◽  
Vol Vol. 10 no. 3 (Analysis of Algorithms) ◽  
Author(s):  
Helmut Prodinger
Keyword(s):  
Random Walks ◽  
Generating Functions ◽  
Analysis Of Algorithms ◽  
Dyck Path ◽  
Dyck Paths ◽  
Asymptotic Expressions ◽  
International Audience

Analysis of Algorithms International audience For Dyck paths (nonnegative symmetric) random walks, the location of the first maximum within the first sojourn is studied. Generating functions and explicit resp. asymptotic expressions for the average are derived. Related parameters are also discussed.

scholarly journals Bicoloured Dyck Paths and the Contact Polynomial for $n$ Non-Intersecting Paths in a Half-Plane Lattice

10.37236/1728 ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Brak ◽  
J. W. Essam
Keyword(s):  
Recurrence Relation ◽  
Half Plane ◽  
Generating Function ◽  
Catalan Numbers ◽  
Catalan Number ◽  
Lattice Paths ◽  
Product Form ◽  
Dyck Path ◽  
Combinatorial Interpretation ◽  
Dyck Paths

In this paper configurations of $n$ non-intersecting lattice paths which begin and end on the line $y=0$ and are excluded from the region below this line are considered. Such configurations are called Hankel $n-$paths and their contact polynomial is defined by $\hat{Z}^{\cal{H}}_{2r}(n;\kappa)\equiv \sum_{c= 1}^{r+1} |{\cal H}_{2r}^{(n)}(c)|\kappa^c$ where ${\cal H}_{2r}^{(n)}(c)$ is the set of Hankel $n$-paths which make $c$ intersections with the line $y=0$ the lowest of which has length $2r$. These configurations may also be described as parallel Dyck paths. It is found that replacing $\kappa$ by the length generating function for Dyck paths, $\kappa(\omega) \equiv \sum_{r=0}^\infty C_r \omega^r$, where $C_r$ is the $r^{th}$ Catalan number, results in a remarkable simplification of the coefficients of the contact polynomial. In particular it is shown that the polynomial for configurations of a single Dyck path has the expansion $\hat{Z}^{\cal{H}}_{2r}(1;\kappa(\omega)) = \sum_{b=0}^\infty C_{r+b}\omega^b$. This result is derived using a bijection between bi-coloured Dyck paths and plain Dyck paths. A bi-coloured Dyck path is a Dyck path in which each edge is coloured either red or blue with the constraint that the colour can only change at a contact with the line $y=0$. For $n>1$, the coefficient of $\omega^b$ in $\hat{Z}^{\cal{W}}_{2r}(n;\kappa(\omega))$ is expressed as a determinant of Catalan numbers which has a combinatorial interpretation in terms of a modified class of $n$ non-intersecting Dyck paths. The determinant satisfies a recurrence relation which leads to the proof of a product form for the coefficients in the $\omega$ expansion of the contact polynomial.

scholarly journals Avoiding patterns in irreducible permutations

2016 ◽  
Vol Vol. 17 no. 3 (Combinatorics) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Luc Baril
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Point ◽  
Pattern Avoidance ◽  
Dyck Paths ◽  
Classical Pattern ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Motzkin Paths

International audience We explore the classical pattern avoidance question in the case of irreducible permutations, <i>i.e.</i>, those in which there is no index $i$ such that $\sigma (i+1) - \sigma (i)=1$. The problem is addressed completely in the case of avoiding one or two patterns of length three, and several well known sequences are encountered in the process, such as Catalan, Motzkin, Fibonacci, Tribonacci, Padovan and Binary numbers. Also, we present constructive bijections between the set of Motzkin paths of length $n-1$ and the sets of irreducible permutations of length $n$ (respectively fixed point free irreducible involutions of length $2n$) avoiding a pattern $\alpha$ for $\alpha \in \{132,213,321\}$. This induces two new bijections between the set of Dyck paths and some restricted sets of permutations.

scholarly journals Random sampling of lattice paths with constraints, via transportation

2010 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AM,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas Gerin
Keyword(s):  
Markov Chain ◽  
Markov Chains ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Optimal Transport ◽  
Lattice Paths ◽  
Dimensional Lattice ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Contraction Property ◽  
International Audience

International audience We build and analyze in this paper Markov chains for the random sampling of some one-dimensional lattice paths with constraints, for various constraints. These chains are easy to implement, and sample an "almost" uniform path of length $n$ in $n^{3+\epsilon}$ steps. This bound makes use of a certain $\textit{contraction property}$ of the Markov chain, and is proved with an approach inspired by optimal transport.

scholarly journals Area of Brownian Motion with Generatingfunctionology

2003 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AC,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Nguyên Thê
Keyword(s):  
Brownian Motion ◽  
Random Walks ◽  
Generating Functions ◽  
Limit Distributions ◽  
Dyck Paths ◽  
Different Types ◽  
International Audience

International audience This paper gives a survey of the limit distributions of the areas of different types of random walks, namely Dyck paths, bilateral Dyck paths, meanders, and Bernoulli random walks, using the technology of generating functions only.

scholarly journals A Compositional Shuffle Conjecture Specifying Touch Points of the Dyck Path

2012 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 822-844 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Haglund ◽  
J. Morse ◽  
M. Zabrocki
Keyword(s):  
Building Blocks ◽  
Main Diagonal ◽  
Combinatorial Theory ◽  
Dyck Path ◽  
Dyck Paths ◽  
Littlewood Polynomials ◽  
Diagonal Harmonics ◽  
Littlewood Polynomial ◽  
Theory Operator ◽  
Shuffle Conjecture

Abstract We introduce a q, t-enumeration of Dyck paths that are forced to touch the main diagonal at specific points and forbidden to touch elsewhere and conjecture that it describes the action of the Macdonald theory ∇ operator applied to a Hall–Littlewood polynomial. Our conjecture refines several earlier conjectures concerning the space of diagonal harmonics including the “shuffle conjecture” (Duke J. Math. 126 (2005), pp. 195 − 232) for ∇ en[X]. We bring to light that certain generalized Hall–Littlewood polynomials indexed by compositions are the building blocks for the algebraic combinatorial theory of q, t-Catalan sequences, and we prove a number of identities involving these functions.

Open Problems in Pattern Avoidance

1993 ◽  
Vol 100 (8) ◽  
pp. 790-793 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Currie
Keyword(s):  
Pattern Avoidance ◽  
Open Problems
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