scholarly journals On the Number of Balanced Words of Given Length and Height over a Two-Letter Alphabet

2010 ◽  
Vol Vol. 12 no. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Bédaride ◽  
Eric Domenjoud ◽  
Damien Jamet ◽  
Jean-Luc Rémy
Keyword(s):  
Asymptotic Behaviour ◽  
Generating Functions ◽  
Line Segments ◽  
Integer Points ◽  
Letter Alphabet ◽  
Discrete Line ◽  
International Audience

International audience We exhibit a recurrence on the number of discrete line segments joining two integer points in the plane using an encoding of such segments as balanced words of given length and height over the two-letter alphabet $\{0,1\}$. We give generating functions and study the asymptotic behaviour. As a particular case, we focus on the symmetrical discrete segments which are encoded by balanced palindromes.

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 Finite Eulerian posets which are binomial or Sheffer

2011 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AO,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoda Bidkhori
Keyword(s):  
Generating Functions ◽  
Complete Classification ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Original Question ◽  
Eulerian Posets

International audience In this paper we study finite Eulerian posets which are binomial or Sheffer. These important classes of posets are related to the theory of generating functions and to geometry. The results of this paper are organized as follows: (1) We completely determine the structure of Eulerian binomial posets and, as a conclusion, we are able to classify factorial functions of Eulerian binomial posets; (2) We give an almost complete classification of factorial functions of Eulerian Sheffer posets by dividing the original question into several cases; (3) In most cases above, we completely determine the structure of Eulerian Sheffer posets, a result stronger than just classifying factorial functions of these Eulerian Sheffer posets. We also study Eulerian triangular posets. This paper answers questions posed by R. Ehrenborg and M. Readdy. This research is also motivated by the work of R. Stanley about recognizing the \emphboolean lattice by looking at smaller intervals. Nous étudions les ensembles partiellement ordonnés finis (EPO) qui sont soit binomiaux soit de type Sheffer (deux notions reliées aux séries génératrices et à la géométrie). Nos résultats sont les suivants: (1) nous déterminons la structure des EPO Euleriens et binomiaux; nous classifions ainsi les fonctions factorielles de tous ces EPO; (2) nous donnons une classification presque complète des fonctions factorielles des EPO Euleriens de type Sheffer; (3) dans la plupart de ces cas, nous déterminons complètement la structure des EPO Euleriens et Sheffer, ce qui est plus fort que classifier leurs fonctions factorielles. Nous étudions aussi les EPO Euleriens triangulaires. Cet article répond à des questions de R. Ehrenborg and M. Readdy. Il est aussi motivé par le travail de R. Stanley sur la reconnaissance du treillis booléen via l'étude des petits intervalles.

Critical phenomena in semi-infinite systems

1982 ◽  
Vol 19 (A) ◽  
pp. 327-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Hammersley
Keyword(s):  
Asymptotic Behaviour ◽  
Critical Phenomena ◽  
Generating Functions ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Case ◽  
Infinite Systems

This paper discusses the asymptotic behaviour, and in particular the critical singularities, of the generating functions for Pólya walks with a given fraction of visits to a hyperplane when the walk is or is not constrained to be on one side of that hyperplane. The three-dimensional case has applications in physics and chemistry.

scholarly journals Affine descents and the Steinberg torus

2008 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AJ,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Dilks ◽  
T. Kyle Petersen ◽  
John R. Stembridge
Keyword(s):  
Weyl Group ◽  
Generating Functions ◽  
Cell Complex ◽  
Premier Lieu ◽  
Coxeter Complex ◽  
Affine Weyl Group ◽  
Nous Montrons ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Translation Subgroup

International audience Let $W \ltimes L$ be an irreducible affine Weyl group with Coxeter complex $\Sigma$, where $W$ denotes the associated finite Weyl group and $L$ the translation subgroup. The Steinberg torus is the Boolean cell complex obtained by taking the quotient of $\Sigma$ by the lattice $L$. We show that the ordinary and flag $h$-polynomials of the Steinberg torus (with the empty face deleted) are generating functions over $W$ for a descent-like statistic first studied by Cellini. We also show that the ordinary $h$-polynomial has a nonnegative $\gamma$-vector, and hence, symmetric and unimodal coefficients. In the classical cases, we also provide expansions, identities, and generating functions for the $h$-polynomials of Steinberg tori. Nous considérons un groupe de Weyl affine irréductible $W \ltimes L$ avec complexe de Coxeter $\Sigma$, où $W$ désigne le groupe de Weyl fini associé et $L$ le sous-groupe des translations. Le tore de Steinberg est le complexe cellulaire Booléen obtenu comme le quotient de $\Sigma$ par $L$. Nous montrons que les $h$-polynômes, ordinaires et de drapeaux, du tore de Steinberg (sans la face vide) sont des fonctions génératrices sur $W$ pour une statistique de type descente, étudiée en premier lieu par Cellini. Nous montrons également qu'un $h$-polynôme ordinaire possède un $\gamma$-vecteur positif, et par conséquent, a des coefficients symétriques et unimodaux. Dans les cas classiques, nous donnons également des développements, des identités et des fonctions génératrices pour les $h$-polynômes des tores de Steinberg.

scholarly journals Pieri rules for Schur functions in superspace

2015 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings, 27th... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miles Eli Jones ◽  
Luc Lapointe
Keyword(s):  
Generating Functions ◽  
Schur Functions ◽  
Macdonald Polynomials ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Pieri Rules

International audience The Schur functions in superspace $s_\Lambda$ and $\overline{s}_\Lambda$ are the limits $q=t= 0$ and $q=t=\infty$ respectively of the Macdonald polynomials in superspace. We present the elementary properties of the bases $s_\Lambda$ and $\overline{s}_\Lambda$ (which happen to be essentially dual) such as Pieri rules, dualities, monomial expansions, tableaux generating functions, and Cauchy identities. Les fonctions de Schur dans le superespace $s_\Lambda$ et $\overline{s}_\Lambda$ sont les limites $q=t= 0$ et $q=t=\infty$ respectivement des polynômes de Macdonald dans le superespace. Nous présentons les propriétés élémentaires des bases $s_\Lambda$ et $\overline{s}_\Lambda$ (qui sont essentiellement duales l'une de l'autre) tels que les règles de Pieri, la dualité, le développement en fonctions monomiales, les fonctions génératrices de tableaux et les identités de Cauchy.

scholarly journals 0-Hecke algebra actions on coinvariants and flags

2011 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AO,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia Huang
Keyword(s):  
Generating Functions ◽  
Hecke Algebra ◽  
Flag Variety ◽  
Major Index ◽  
Inversion Number ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Descent Set ◽  
Complete Flag ◽  
Coinvariant Algebra

International audience By investigating the action of the 0-Hecke algebra on the coinvariant algebra and the complete flag variety, we interpret generating functions counting the permutations with fixed inverse descent set by their inversion number and major index. En étudiant l'action de l'algèbre de 0-Hecke sur l'algèbre coinvariante et la variété de drapeaux complète, nous interprétons les fonctions génératrices qui comptent les permutations avec un ensemble inverse de descentes fixé, selon leur nombre d'inversions et leur "major index''.

scholarly journals Automaticity of primitive words and irreducible polynomials

2013 ◽  
Vol Vol. 15 no. 1 (Automata, Logic and Semantics) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Lacroix ◽  
Narad Rampersad
Keyword(s):  
Finite Field ◽  
Finite Automaton ◽  
Prime Numbers ◽  
Deterministic Finite Automaton ◽  
Irreducible Polynomials ◽  
Letter Alphabet ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Primitive Words

Automata, Logic and Semantics International audience If L is a language, the automaticity function A_L(n) (resp. N_L(n)) of L counts the number of states of a smallest deterministic (resp. non-deterministic) finite automaton that accepts a language that agrees with L on all inputs of length at most n. We provide bounds for the automaticity of the language of primitive words and the language of unbordered words over a k-letter alphabet. We also give a bound for the automaticity of the language of base-b representations of the irreducible polynomials over a finite field. This latter result is analogous to a result of Shallit concerning the base-k representations of the set of prime numbers.

scholarly journals A bijection between planar constellations and some colored Lagrangian trees

2003 ◽  
Vol Vol. 6 no. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cedric Chauve
Keyword(s):  
Generating Functions ◽  
Functional Equations ◽  
Formula One ◽  
Lagrange Formula ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Planar Maps ◽  
New Formula

International audience Constellations are colored planar maps that generalize different families of maps (planar maps, bipartite planar maps, bi-Eulerian planar maps, planar cacti, ...) and are strongly related to factorizations of permutations. They were recently studied by Bousquet-Mélou and Schaeffer who describe a correspondence between these maps and a family of trees, called Eulerian trees. In this paper, we derive from their result a relationship between planar constellations and another family of trees, called stellar trees. This correspondence generalizes a well known result for planar cacti, and shows that planar constellations are colored Lagrangian objects (that is objects that can be enumerated by the Good-Lagrange formula). We then deduce from this result a new formula for the number of planar constellations having a given face distribution, different from the formula one can derive from the results of Bousquet-Mélou and Schaeffer, along with systems of functional equations for the generating functions of bipartite and bi-Eulerian planar maps enumerated according to the partition of faces and vertices.

scholarly journals Edge-Removal and Non-Crossing Configurations in Geometric Graphs

2010 ◽  
Vol Vol. 12 no. 1 (Graph and Algorithms) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oswin Aichholzer ◽  
Sergio Cabello ◽  
Ruy Fabila-Monroy ◽  
David Flores-Peñaloza ◽  
Thomas Hackl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Extremal Problem ◽  
General Position ◽  
Geometric Graph ◽  
Perfect Matchings ◽  
Geometric Graphs ◽  
Line Segments ◽  
Straight Line ◽  
Edge Removal ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Point Set

Graphs and Algorithms International audience A geometric graph is a graph G = (V, E) drawn in the plane, such that V is a point set in general position and E is a set of straight-line segments whose endpoints belong to V. We study the following extremal problem for geometric graphs: How many arbitrary edges can be removed from a complete geometric graph with n vertices such that the remaining graph still contains a certain non-crossing subgraph. The non-crossing subgraphs that we consider are perfect matchings, subtrees of a given size, and triangulations. In each case, we obtain tight bounds on the maximum number of removable edges.

scholarly journals Combinatorial aspects of Escher tilings

2010 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AN,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Blondin Massé ◽  
Srecko Brlek ◽  
Sébastien Labbé
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Community ◽  
Combinatorics On Words ◽  
Combinatorial Object ◽  
Square Grid ◽  
Letter Alphabet ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Escher Tilings

International audience In the late 30's, Maurits Cornelis Escher astonished the artistic world by producing some puzzling drawings. In particular, the tesselations of the plane obtained by using a single tile appear to be a major concern in his work, drawing attention from the mathematical community. Since a tile in the continuous world can be approximated by a path on a sufficiently small square grid - a widely used method in applications using computer displays - the natural combinatorial object that models the tiles is the polyomino. As polyominoes are encoded by paths on a four letter alphabet coding their contours, the use of combinatorics on words for the study of tiling properties becomes relevant. In this paper we present several results, ranging from recognition of these tiles to their generation, leading also to some surprising links with the well-known sequences of Fibonacci and Pell. Lorsque Maurits Cornelis Escher commença à la fin des années 30 à produire des pavages du plan avec des tuiles, il étonna le monde artistique par la singularité de ses dessins. En particulier, les pavages du plan obtenus avec des copies d'une seule tuile apparaissent souvent dans son œuvre et ont attiré peu à peu l'attention de la communauté mathématique. Puisqu'une tuile dans le monde continu peut être approximée par un chemin sur un réseau carré suffisamment fin - une méthode universellement utilisée dans les applications utilisant des écrans graphiques - l'objet combinatoire qui modèle adéquatement la tuile est le polyomino. Comme ceux-ci sont naturellement codés par des chemins sur un alphabet de quatre lettres, l'utilisation de la combinatoire des mots devient pertinente pour l'étude des propriétés des tuiles pavantes. Nous présentons dans ce papier plusieurs résultats, allant de la reconnaissance de ces tuiles à leur génération, conduisant à des liens surprenants avec les célèbres suites de Fibonacci et de Pell.

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