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Heaps and Two Exponential Structures

Combinatorics 2015-12-11 v3

Abstract

Take Q=(Q1,Q2,){\sf Q}=({\sf Q}_1,{\sf Q}_2,\ldots) to be an exponential structure and M(n)M(n) to be the number of minimal elements of Qn{\sf Q}_n where M(0)=1M(0)=1. Then a sequence of numbers {rn(Qn)}n1\{r_n({\sf Q}_n)\}_{n\ge 1} is defined by the equation \begin{eqnarray*} \sum_{n\ge 1}r_n({\sf Q}_n)\frac{z^n}{n!\,M(n)}=-\log(\sum_{n\ge 0}(-1)^n\frac{z^n}{n!\,M(n)}). \end{eqnarray*} Let Qˉn\bar{{\sf Q}}_n denote the poset Qn{\sf Q}_n with a 0^\hat{0} adjoined and let 1^\hat{1} denote the unique maximal element in the poset Qn{\sf Q}_n. Furthermore, let μQn\mu_{{\sf Q}_n} be the M\"{o}bius function on the poset Qˉn\bar{{\sf Q}}_n. Stanley proved that rn(Qn)=(1)nμQn(0^,1^)r_n({\sf Q}_n)=(-1)^n\mu_{{\sf Q}_n}(\hat{0},\hat{1}). This implies that the numbers rn(Qn)r_n({\sf Q}_n) are integers. In this paper, we study the cases Qn=Πn(r){\sf Q}_n=\Pi_n^{(r)} and Qn=Qn(r){\sf Q}_n={\sf Q}_n^{(r)} where Πn(r)\Pi_n^{(r)} and Qn(r){\sf Q}_n^{(r)} are posets, respectively, of set partitions of [rn][rn] whose block sizes are divisible by rr and of rr-partitions of [n][n]. In both cases we prove that rn(Πn(r))r_n(\Pi_n^{(r)}) and rn(Qn(r))r_n({\sf Q}_n^{(r)}) enumerate the pyramids by applying the Cartier-Foata monoid identity and further prove that rn(Πn(r))r_n(\Pi_n^{(r)}) is the generalized Euler number Ern1E_{rn-1} and that rn(Qn(2))r_n({\sf Q}_n^{(2)}) is the number of complete non-ambiguous trees of size 2n12n-1 by bijections. This gives a new proof of Welker's theorem that rn(Πn(r))=Ern1r_n(\Pi_n^{(r)})=E_{rn-1} and implies the construction of rr-dimensional complete non-ambiguous trees. As a bonus of applying the theory of heaps, we establish a bijection between the set of complete non-ambiguous forests and the set of pairs of permutations with no common rise. This answers an open question raised by Aval {\it et al.}.

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@article{arxiv.1407.0242,
  title  = {Heaps and Two Exponential Structures},
  author = {Emma Yu Jin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.0242},
  year   = {2015}
}

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16 pages

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