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Large deviation principles for pattern-avoiding permutations, and limit shapes for constrained Mallows permutations

Probability 2026-04-28 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

We study Mallows random permutations conditioned to avoid a given pattern α\alpha of length~33. When the bias parameter is of the form eβ/ne^{\beta/n}, we prove that these permutations converge to a non-trivial explicit deterministic permuton that depends on the pattern α\alpha and on the parameter β\beta. Along the way, we provide parametrizations for α\alpha-avoiding permutons, and establish a large deviation principle for uniform α\alpha-avoiding permutations. As a byproduct of the proof, we also obtain asymptotic estimates of two versions of qq-Catalan numbers in the regime q=eβ/nq=e^{\beta/n}.

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@article{arxiv.2604.23751,
  title  = {Large deviation principles for pattern-avoiding permutations, and limit shapes for constrained Mallows permutations},
  author = {Thomas Budzinski and Victor Dubach and Valentin Féray and Mohamed Slim Kammoun and Mylène Maïda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.23751},
  year   = {2026}
}

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38 pages