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Log-concavity and q-Log-convexity Conjectures on the Longest Increasing Subsequences of Permutations

Combinatorics 2008-06-23 v2

Abstract

Let Pn,kP_{n,k} be the number of permutations π\pi on [n]={1, 2,..., n} such that the length of the longest increasing subsequences of π\pi equals k, and let M2n,kM_{2n, k} be the number of matchings on [2n] with crossing number k. Define Pn(x)=kPn,kxkP_n(x)= \sum_k P_{n,k}x^k and M2n(x)=kM2n,kxkM_{2n}(x)=\sum_{k} M_{2n,k}x^k. We propose some conjectures on the log-concavity and q-log-convexity of the polynomials Pn(x)P_n(x) and M2n(x)M_{2n}(x). We also introduce the notions of \infty-q-log-convexity and \infty-q-log-concavity, and the notion of higher order log-concavity with respect to \infty-q-log-convex or \infty-q-log-concavity. A conjecture on the \infty-q-log-convexity of the Boros-Moll polynomials is presented. It seems that M2n(x)M_{2n}(x) are log-concave of any order with respect to \infty-q-log-convexity.

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@article{arxiv.0806.3392,
  title  = {Log-concavity and q-Log-convexity Conjectures on the Longest Increasing Subsequences of Permutations},
  author = {William Y. C. Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.3392},
  year   = {2008}
}

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7 pages