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A Bijection Between Partially Directed Paths in the Symmetric Wedge and Matchings

Combinatorics 2008-04-01 v1

Abstract

We give a bijection between partially directed paths in the symmetric wedge y= +/-x and matchings, which sends north steps to nestings. This gives a bijective proof of a result of Prellberg et al. that was first discovered through the corresponding generating functions: the number of partially directed paths starting at the origin confined to the symmetric wedge y= +/-x with k north steps is equal to the number of matchings on [2n] with k nestings.

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@article{arxiv.0803.4233,
  title  = {A Bijection Between Partially Directed Paths in the Symmetric Wedge and Matchings},
  author = {Svetlana Poznanovik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.4233},
  year   = {2008}
}

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10 pages, 5 figures