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Shape and pattern containment of separable permutations

Combinatorics 2011-09-06 v2

Abstract

Every word has a shape determined by its image under the Robinson-Schensted-Knuth correspondence. We show that when a word w contains a separable (i.e., 3142- and 2413-avoiding) permutation \sigma\ as a pattern, the shape of w contains the shape of \sigma. As an application, we exhibit lower bounds for the lengths of supersequences of sets containing separable permutations.

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@article{arxiv.1011.5491,
  title  = {Shape and pattern containment of separable permutations},
  author = {Andrew Crites and Greta Panova and Gregory S. Warrington},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.5491},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

8 pages, 2 figures. Changed emphasis and structure towards shapes containment based on referee's suggestions

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