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A combinatorial bijection on $k$-noncrossing partitions

Combinatorics 2019-09-17 v2

Abstract

For any integer k2k\geq2, we prove combinatorially the following Euler (binomial) transformation identity \NCn+1(k)(t)=ti=0n(ni)\NWi(k)(t), \NC_{n+1}^{(k)}(t)=t\sum_{i=0}^n{n\choose i}\NW_{i}^{(k)}(t), where \NCm(k)(t)\NC_{m}^{(k)}(t) (resp.~\NWm(k)(t)\NW_{m}^{(k)}(t)) is the sum of weights, tnumber of blockst^\text{number of blocks}, of partitions of {1,,m}\{1,\ldots,m\} without kk-crossings (resp.~enhanced kk-crossings). The special k=2k=2 and t=1t=1 case, asserting the Euler transformation of Motzkin numbers are Catalan numbers, was discovered by Donaghey 1977. The result for k=3k=3 and t=1t=1, arising naturally in a recent study of pattern avoidance in ascent sequences and inversion sequences, was proved only analytically.

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@article{arxiv.1905.10526,
  title  = {A combinatorial bijection on $k$-noncrossing partitions},
  author = {Zhicong Lin and Dongsu Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.10526},
  year   = {2019}
}

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20 pages, 20 figures, presented by Dongsu Kim in 2018 (January 10) JMM Special Session in honor of Dennis Stanton

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