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On multi-avoidance of generalized patterns

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

In [Kit1] Kitaev discussed simultaneous avoidance of two 3-patterns with no internal dashes, that is, where the patterns correspond to contiguous subwords in a permutation. In three essentially different cases, the numbers of such nn-permutations are 2n12^{n-1}, the number of involutions in Sn\mathcal{S}_n, and 2En2E_n, where EnE_n is the nn-th Euler number. In this paper we give recurrence relations for the remaining three essentially different cases. To complete the descriptions in [Kit3] and [KitMans], we consider avoidance of a pattern of the form xyzx-y-z (a classical 3-pattern) and beginning or ending with an increasing or decreasing pattern. Moreover, we generalize this problem: we demand that a permutation must avoid a 3-pattern, begin with a certain pattern and end with a certain pattern simultaneously. We find the number of such permutations in case of avoiding an arbitrary generalized 3-pattern and beginning and ending with increasing or decreasing patterns.

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@article{arxiv.math/0209340,
  title  = {On multi-avoidance of generalized patterns},
  author = {T. Mansour and S. Kitaev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0209340},
  year   = {2007}
}

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