Finite-state enumeration of adjacency-constrained 132-avoiding permutations
Abstract
For a fixed integer , let be the set of permutations that avoid the pattern and satisfy the adjacency bound for all . Here, a pattern means three indices such that . A recent study initiated the enumeration of these constrained 132-avoiding permutations, treating the case by deriving a rational ordinary generating function and asking for finite-state decompositions, rational generating functions, and explicit rational formulas for larger fixed . We introduce a two-sided endpoint-state decomposition that works uniformly for every fixed . The state variables impose threshold bounds on the endpoint deficiencies and , with thresholds in . This gives at most states and proves that, for every fixed , the ordinary generating function is rational and can be computed effectively by exact linear algebra. We also identify cyclic strongly connected components of the dependency graph in the finite-state system to give an explicit upper bound for the order of an eventual constant-coefficient recurrence satisfied by the sequence . We then recover the known case from this state system and work out the case explicitly. On the asymptotic side, we prove that the exponential growth constant exists for every ; for it is obtained from the spectral radii of the two cyclic components with more than one vertex in the state system. We determine the simple-pole asymptotics for and , and we prove that the growth constants are nondecreasing in , strictly smaller than the Catalan growth constant for every finite , and converge to as .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2605.23519,
title = {Finite-state enumeration of adjacency-constrained 132-avoiding permutations},
author = {Teruki Mayama and Dai Akita},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.23519},
year = {2026}
}
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37 pages, 2 figures