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On Expected Factors in Reduced Decompositions in Type B

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The expected number of Yang-Baxter moves appearing in a reduced decomposition of the longest element of the Coxeter group of type B_n is computed to be 2-4/n. For the same element, the expected number of 0101 or 1010 factors appearing in a reduced decomposition is 2/(n^2-2).

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@article{arxiv.math/0508153,
  title  = {On Expected Factors in Reduced Decompositions in Type B},
  author = {Bridget Eileen Tenner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0508153},
  year   = {2007}
}

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8 pages; 4 figures

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