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Counting fixed-point-free Cayley permutations

Combinatorics 2026-03-17 v4

Abstract

Two-sort species yield differential equations for functional digraphs of Cayley permutations. From these we obtain an explicit formula for fixed-point-free Cayley permutations and prove that their proportion tends to 1/e1/e, as for permutations and endofunctions. Our approach also yields counting formulas when the functional digraph is a tree, forest, or connected.

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@article{arxiv.2507.09304,
  title  = {Counting fixed-point-free Cayley permutations},
  author = {Giulio Cerbai and Anders Claesson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.09304},
  year   = {2026}
}

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31 pages, 6 figures, 4 tables

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