English

Automatic enumeration of regular objects

Combinatorics 2008-02-28 v2

Abstract

We describe a framework for systematic enumeration of families combinatorial structures which possess a certain regularity. More precisely, we describe how to obtain the differential equations satisfied by their generating series. These differential equations are then used to determine the initial counting sequence and for asymptotic analysis. The key tool is the scalar product for symmetric functions and that this operation preserves D-finiteness.

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@article{arxiv.math/0507249,
  title  = {Automatic enumeration of regular objects},
  author = {Marni Mishna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0507249},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

Corrected for readability; To appear in the Journal of Integer Sequences