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Alternating, pattern-avoiding permutations

Combinatorics 2021-03-30 v1

Abstract

We study the problem of counting alternating permutations avoiding collections of permutation patterns including 132. We construct a bijection between the set S_n(132) of 132-avoiding permutations and the set A_{2n + 1}(132) of alternating, 132-avoiding permutations. For every set p_1, ..., p_k of patterns and certain related patterns q_1, ..., q_k, our bijection restricts to a bijection between S_n(132, p_1, ..., p_k), the set of permutations avoiding 132 and the p_i, and A_{2n + 1}(132, q_1, ..., q_k), the set of alternating permutations avoiding 132 and the q_i. This reduces the enumeration of the latter set to that of the former.

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@article{arxiv.0805.1964,
  title  = {Alternating, pattern-avoiding permutations},
  author = {Joel Brewster Lewis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.1964},
  year   = {2021}
}

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7 pages

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