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$k$-pop stack sortable permutations and $2$-avoidance

Combinatorics 2019-12-17 v2

Abstract

We consider permutations sortable by kk passes through a deterministic pop stack. We show that for any kNk\in\mathbb N the set is characterised by finitely many patterns, answering a question of Claesson and Gu{\dh}mundsson. Our characterisation demands a more precise definition than in previous literature of what it means for a permutation to avoid a set of barred and unbarred patterns. We propose a new notion called \emph{22-avoidance}.

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@article{arxiv.1911.03104,
  title  = {$k$-pop stack sortable permutations and $2$-avoidance},
  author = {Murray Elder and Yoong Kuan Goh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.03104},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

10 pages, 4 figures. Simpler notion of 2-avoidance introduced, replacing the more complicated (but equivalent) PB-avoidance in the previous version