English

Permutations sortable by two stacks in series

Combinatorics 2020-02-18 v2 Data Structures and Algorithms

Abstract

We address the problem of the number of permutations that can be sorted by two stacks in series. We do this by first counting all such permutations of length less than 20 exactly, then using a numerical technique to obtain nineteen further coefficients approximately. Analysing these coefficients by a variety of methods we conclude that the OGF behaves as S(z)A(1μz)γ,S(z) \sim A (1 - \mu \cdot z)^\gamma, where μ=12.45±0.15,\mu =12.45 \pm 0.15, γ=1.5±0.3,\gamma= 1.5 \pm 0.3, and A0.02A \approx 0.02.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1510.08663,
  title  = {Permutations sortable by two stacks in series},
  author = {Andrew Elvey Price and Anthony J Guttmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.08663},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

17 pages, 7 figures. Improved analysis, updated references

R2 v1 2026-06-22T11:32:02.037Z