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Counting stabilized-interval-free permutations

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

A stabilized-interval-free (SIF) permutation on [n]={1,2,...,n} is one that does not stabilize any proper subinterval of [n]. By presenting a decomposition of an arbitrary permutation into a list of SIF permutations, we show that the generating function A(x) for SIF permutations satisfies the defining property: [x^(n-1)] A(x)^n = n! . We also give an efficient recurrence for counting SIF permutations.

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@article{arxiv.math/0310157,
  title  = {Counting stabilized-interval-free permutations},
  author = {David Callan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0310157},
  year   = {2007}
}

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latex, 6 pages