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Random walks and random fixed-point free involutions

Combinatorics 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

A bijection is given between fixed point free involutions of {1,2,...,2N}\{1,2,...,2N\} with maximum decreasing subsequence size 2p2p and two classes of vicious (non-intersecting) random walker configurations confined to the half line lattice points l1l \ge 1. In one class of walker configurations the maximum displacement of the right most walker is pp. Because the scaled distribution of the maximum decreasing subsequence size is known to be in the soft edge GOE (random real symmetric matrices) universality class, the same holds true for the scaled distribution of the maximum displacement of the right most walker.

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@article{arxiv.math/0107128,
  title  = {Random walks and random fixed-point free involutions},
  author = {T. H. Baker and P. J. Forrester},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0107128},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages