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Left-to-right maxima in words and multiset permutations

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We extend classical theorems of Renyi by finding the distributions of the numbers of both weak and strong left-to-right maxima (a.k.a. outstanding elements) in words over a given alphabet and in permutations of a given multiset.

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@article{arxiv.math/0701078,
  title  = {Left-to-right maxima in words and multiset permutations},
  author = {Amy Myers and Herb Wilf},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0701078},
  year   = {2007}
}