scholarly journals Asymptotics of Decomposable Combinatorial Structures of Alg-Log Type With Positive Log Exponent

2010 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AM,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhicheng Gao ◽  
David Laferrière ◽  
Daniel Panario
Keyword(s):  
Generating Function ◽  
Asymptotic Results ◽  
Combinatorial Structures ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Decomposable Structures

International audience We consider the multiset construction of decomposable structures with component generating function $C(z)$ of alg-log type, $\textit{i.e.}$, $C(z) = (1-z)^{-\alpha} (\log \frac{1}{ 1-z})^{\beta}$. We provide asymptotic results for the number of labeled objects of size $n$ in the case when $\alpha$ is positive and $\beta$ is positive and in the case $\alpha = 0$ and $\beta \geq 2$. The case $0<-\alpha <1$ and any $\beta$ and the case $\alpha > 0$ and $\beta = 0$ have been treated in previous papers. Our results extend previous work of Wright.

scholarly journals Asymptotics of Smallest Component Sizes in Decomposable Combinatorial Structures of Alg-Log Type

2010 ◽  
Vol Vol. 12 no. 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Dong ◽  
Zhicheng Gao ◽  
Daniel Panario ◽  
Bruce Richmond
Keyword(s):  
Generating Function ◽  
Combinatorial Structure ◽  
Asymptotic Estimates ◽  
Asymptotic Results ◽  
Combinatorial Structures ◽  
Combinatorial Objects ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Restricted Pattern

International audience A decomposable combinatorial structure consists of simpler objects called components which by thems elves cannot be further decomposed. We focus on the multi-set construction where the component generating function C(z) is of alg-log type, that is, C(z) behaves like c + d(1 -z/rho)(alpha) (ln1/1-z/rho)(beta) (1 + o(1)) when z is near the dominant singularity rho. We provide asymptotic results about the size of thes mallest components in random combinatorial structures for the cases 0 < alpha < 1 and any beta, and alpha < 0 and beta=0. The particular case alpha=0 and beta=1, the so-called exp-log class, has been treated in previous papers. We also provide similar asymptotic estimates for combinatorial objects with a restricted pattern, that is, when part of its factorization patterns is known. We extend our results to include certain type of integers partitions. partitions

scholarly journals Asymptotics of the Stirling numbers of the first kind revisited: A saddle point approach

2010 ◽  
Vol Vol. 12 no. 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Louchard
Keyword(s):  
Saddle Point ◽  
Generating Function ◽  
Central Region ◽  
Integral Formula ◽  
Stirling Numbers ◽  
Saddle Point Method ◽  
Asymptotic Results ◽  
Central Regions ◽  
Cauchy’S Integral Formula ◽  
International Audience

International audience Using the saddle point method, we obtain from the generating function of the Stirling numbers of the first kind [n j] and Cauchy's integral formula, asymptotic results in central and non-central regions. In the central region, we revisit the celebrated Goncharov theorem with more precision. In the region j = n - n(alpha); alpha > 1/2, we analyze the dependence of [n j] on alpha.

scholarly journals Congruence successions in compositions

2014 ◽  
Vol Vol. 16 no. 1 (Combinatorics) ◽  
Author(s):  
Toufik Mansour ◽  
Mark Shattuck ◽  
Mark Wilson
Keyword(s):  
General Formula ◽  
Generating Function ◽  
Asymptotic Estimate ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Limiting Case ◽  
Positive Integers

Combinatorics International audience A composition is a sequence of positive integers, called parts, having a fixed sum. By an m-congruence succession, we will mean a pair of adjacent parts x and y within a composition such that x=y(modm). Here, we consider the problem of counting the compositions of size n according to the number of m-congruence successions, extending recent results concerning successions on subsets and permutations. A general formula is obtained, which reduces in the limiting case to the known generating function formula for the number of Carlitz compositions. Special attention is paid to the case m=2, where further enumerative results may be obtained by means of combinatorial arguments. Finally, an asymptotic estimate is provided for the number of compositions of size n having no m-congruence successions.

scholarly journals Counting occurrences for a finite set of words: an inclusion-exclusion approach

2007 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AH,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frédérique Bassino ◽  
Julien Clément ◽  
J. Fayolle ◽  
P. Nicodème
Keyword(s):  
Generating Function ◽  
Exclusion Principle ◽  
Complete Proof ◽  
Detailed Proof ◽  
Finite Set ◽  
International Audience ◽  
The One ◽  
Maple Package

International audience In this paper, we give the multivariate generating function counting texts according to their length and to the number of occurrences of words from a finite set. The application of the inclusion-exclusion principle to word counting due to Goulden and Jackson (1979, 1983) is used to derive the result. Unlike some other techniques which suppose that the set of words is reduced (<i>i..e.</i>, where no two words are factor of one another), the finite set can be chosen arbitrarily. Noonan and Zeilberger (1999) already provided a MAPLE package treating the non-reduced case, without giving an expression of the generating function or a detailed proof. We give a complete proof validating the use of the inclusion-exclusion principle and compare the complexity of the method proposed here with the one using automata for solving the problem.

scholarly journals Sorting using complete subintervals and the maximum number of runs in a randomly evolving sequence: Extended abstract.

2007 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AH,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Svante Janson
Keyword(s):  
Order Term ◽  
Combinatorial Problem ◽  
Random Order ◽  
Priority Queues ◽  
Sorting Algorithm ◽  
Asymptotic Results ◽  
First Order ◽  
Asymptotically Normal ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Space Requirements

International audience We study the space requirements of a sorting algorithm where only items that at the end will be adjacent are kept together. This is equivalent to the following combinatorial problem: Consider a string of fixed length n that starts as a string of 0's, and then evolves by changing each 0 to 1, with the n changes done in random order. What is the maximal number of runs of 1's? We give asymptotic results for the distribution and mean. It turns out that, as in many problems involving a maximum, the maximum is asymptotically normal, with fluctuations of order $n^{1/2}$, and to the first order well approximated by the number of runs at the instance when the expectation is maximized, in this case when half the elements have changed to 1; there is also a second order term of order $n^{1/3}$. We also treat some variations, including priority queues and sock-sorting.

scholarly journals Enumerating alternating tree families

2008 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AJ,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Kuba ◽  
Alois Panholzer
Keyword(s):  
Nous Obtenons ◽  
Asymptotic Results ◽  
Root Node ◽  
Ordered Trees ◽  
Exponential Generating Function ◽  
Random Node ◽  
Enumeration Problems ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Nous Examinons ◽  
Labelled Trees

International audience We study two enumeration problems for $\textit{up-down alternating trees}$, i.e., rooted labelled trees $T$, where the labels $ v_1, v_2, v_3, \ldots$ on every path starting at the root of $T$ satisfy $v_1 < v_2 > v_3 < v_4 > \cdots$. First we consider various tree families of interest in combinatorics (such as unordered, ordered, $d$-ary and Motzkin trees) and study the number $T_n$ of different up-down alternating labelled trees of size $n$. We obtain for all tree families considered an implicit characterization of the exponential generating function $T(z)$ leading to asymptotic results of the coefficients $T_n$ for various tree families. Second we consider the particular family of up-down alternating labelled ordered trees and study the influence of such an alternating labelling to the average shape of the trees by analyzing the parameters $\textit{label of the root node}$, $\textit{degree of the root node}$ and $\textit{depth of a random node}$ in a random tree of size $n$. This leads to exact enumeration results and limiting distribution results. Nous étudions deux problèmes de dénombrement d'$\textit{arbres alternés haut-bas}$ : par définition, ce sont des arbres munis d'une racine et tels que, pour tout chemin partant de la racine, les valeurs $v_1,v_2,v_3,\ldots$ associées aux nœuds du chemin satisfont la chaîne d'inégalités $v_1 < v_2 > v_3 < v_4 > \cdots$. D'une part, nous considérons diverses familles d'arbres intéressantes du point de vue de l'analyse combinatoire (comme les arbres de Motzkin, les arbres non ordonnés, ordonnés et $d$-aires) et nous étudions pour chaque famille le nombre total $T_n$ d'arbres alternés haut-bas de taille $n$. Nous obtenons pour toutes les familles d'arbres considérées une caractérisation implicite de la fonction génératrice exponentielle $T(z)$. Cette caractérisation nous renseigne sur le comportement asymptotique des coefficients $T_n$ de plusieurs familles d'arbres. D'autre part, nous examinons le cas particulier de la famille des arbres ordonnés : nous étudions l'influence de l'étiquetage alterné haut-bas sur l'allure générale de ces arbres en analysant trois paramètres dans un arbre aléatoire (valeur de la racine, degré de la racine et profondeur d'un nœud aléatoire). Nous obtenons alors des résultats en terme de distribution limite, mais aussi de dénombrement exact.

scholarly journals Statistics on Lattice Walks and q-Lassalle Numbers

2015 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings, 27th... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenny Tevlin
Keyword(s):  
Positive Integer ◽  
Generating Function ◽  
Catalan Numbers ◽  
Binomial Coefficients ◽  
Integer Coefficients ◽  
Major Index ◽  
Lattice Walks ◽  
International Audience ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Positive Integers

International audience This paper contains two results. First, I propose a $q$-generalization of a certain sequence of positive integers, related to Catalan numbers, introduced by Zeilberger, see Lassalle (2010). These $q$-integers are palindromic polynomials in $q$ with positive integer coefficients. The positivity depends on the positivity of a certain difference of products of $q$-binomial coefficients.To this end, I introduce a new inversion/major statistics on lattice walks. The difference in $q$-binomial coefficients is then seen as a generating function of weighted walks that remain in the upper half-plan. Cet document contient deux résultats. Tout d’abord, je vous propose un $q$-generalization d’une certaine séquence de nombres entiers positifs, liés à nombres de Catalan, introduites par Zeilberger (Lassalle, 2010). Ces $q$-integers sont des polynômes palindromiques à $q$ à coefficients entiers positifs. La positivité dépend de la positivité d’une certaine différence de produits de $q$-coefficients binomial.Pour ce faire, je vous présente une nouvelle inversion/major index sur les chemins du réseau. La différence de $q$-binomial coefficients est alors considérée comme une fonction de génération de trajets pondérés qui restent dans le demi-plan supérieur.

scholarly journals Minimal factorizations of a cycle: a multivariate generating function

2020 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings, 28th... ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Biane ◽  
Matthieu Josuat-Vergès
Keyword(s):  
Symmetric Group ◽  
Generating Function ◽  
Simple Formula ◽  
Hook Length ◽  
Noncrossing Partitions ◽  
Long Cycle ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Multivariate Generalization ◽  
International Audience

International audience It is known that the number of minimal factorizations of the long cycle in the symmetric group into a product of k cycles of given lengths has a very simple formula: it is nk−1 where n is the rank of the underlying symmetric group and k is the number of factors. In particular, this is nn−2 for transposition factorizations. The goal of this work is to prove a multivariate generalization of this result. As a byproduct, we get a multivariate analog of Postnikov's hook length formula for trees, and a refined enumeration of final chains of noncrossing partitions.

scholarly journals Enumerating (2+2)-free posets by the number of minimal elements and other statistics

2010 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AN,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey Kitaev ◽  
Jeffrey Remmel
Keyword(s):  
Generating Function ◽  
Minimal Elements ◽  
Nous Montrons ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Ascent Sequences ◽  
Special Case

International audience A poset is said to be (2+2)-free if it does not contain an induced subposet that is isomorphic to 2+2, the union of two disjoint 2-element chains. In a recent paper, Bousquet-Mélou et al. found, using so called ascent sequences, the generating function for the number of (2+2)-free posets: $P(t)=∑_n≥ 0 ∏_i=1^n ( 1-(1-t)^i)$. We extend this result by finding the generating function for (2+2)-free posets when four statistics are taken into account, one of which is the number of minimal elements in a poset. We also show that in a special case when only minimal elements are of interest, our rather involved generating function can be rewritten in the form $P(t,z)=∑_n,k ≥0 p_n,k t^n z^k = 1+ ∑_n ≥0\frac{zt}{(1-zt)^n+1}∏_i=1^n (1-(1-t)^i)$ where $p_n,k$ equals the number of (2+2)-free posets of size $n$ with $k$ minimal elements. Un poset sera dit (2+2)-libre s'il ne contient aucun sous-poset isomorphe à 2+2, l'union disjointe de deux chaînes à deux éléments. Dans un article récent, Bousquet-Mélou et al. ont trouvé, à l'aide de "suites de montées'', la fonction génératrice des nombres de posets (2+2)-libres: c'est $P(t)=∑_n≥ 0 ∏_i=1^n ( 1-(1-t)^i)$. Nous étendons ce résultat en trouvant la fonction génératrice des posets (\textrm2+2)-libres rendant compte de quatre statistiques, dont le nombre d'éléments minimaux du poset. Nous montrons aussi que lorsqu'on ne s'intéresse qu'au nombre d'éléments minimaux, notre fonction génératrice assez compliquée peut être simplifiée en$P(t,z)=∑_n,k ≥0 p_n,k t^n z^k = 1+ ∑_n ≥0\frac{zt}{(1-zt)^n+1}∏_i=1^n (1-(1-t)^i)$, où $p_n,k$ est le nombre de posets (2+2)-libres de taille $n$ avec $k$ éléments minimaux.

scholarly journals Congruences modulo powers of 5 for the rank parity function

2021 ◽  
Vol Volume 43 - Special... ◽  
Author(s):  
Dandan Chen ◽  
Rong Chen ◽  
Frank Garvan
Keyword(s):  
Partition Function ◽  
Generating Function ◽  
Theta Function ◽  
Mock Theta Function ◽  
Parity Function ◽  
International Audience

International audience It is well known that Ramanujan conjectured congruences modulo powers of 5, 7 and 11 for the partition function. These were subsequently proved by Watson (1938) and Atkin (1967). In 2009 Choi, Kang, and Lovejoy proved congruences modulo powers of 5 for the crank parity function. The generating function for the rank parity function is f (q), which is the first example of a mock theta function that Ramanujan mentioned in his last letter to Hardy. We prove congruences modulo powers of 5 for the rank parity function.

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