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Permutations and the divisor graph of $[1,n]$

Number Theory 2022-09-29 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

Let Sdiv(n)S_{\rm div}(n) denote the set of permutations π\pi of nn such that for each 1jn1\leq j \leq n either jπ(j)j \mid \pi(j) or π(j)j\pi(j) \mid j. These permutations can also be viewed as vertex-disjoint directed cycle covers of the divisor graph D[1,n]\mathcal{D}_{[1,n]} on vertices v1,,vnv_1, \ldots, v_n with an edge between viv_i and vjv_j if iji\mid j or jij \mid i. We improve on recent results of Pomerance by showing cd=limn(#Sdiv(n))1/nc_d = \lim_{n \to \infty }\left(\# S_{\rm div}(n)\right)^{1/n} exists and that 2.069<cd<2.6942.069<c_d<2.694. We also obtain similar results for the set Slcm(n)S_{\rm lcm}(n) of permutations where lcm(j,π(j))n{\rm lcm}(j,\pi(j))\leq n for all jj. The results rely on a graph theoretic result bounding the number of vertex-disjoint directed cycle covers, which may be of independent interest.

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@article{arxiv.2207.09652,
  title  = {Permutations and the divisor graph of $[1,n]$},
  author = {Nathan McNew},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.09652},
  year   = {2022}
}
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