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Strings from linear recurrences and permutations: a Gray code

Combinatorics 2022-04-22 v1

Abstract

Each positive increasing integer sequence {an}n0\{a_n\}_{n\geq 0} can serve as a numeration system to represent each non-negative integer by means of suitable coefficient strings. We analyse the case of kk-generalized Fibonacci sequences leading to the binary strings avoiding 1k1^k. We prove a bijection between the set %Fn(k)F_n^{(k)} of strings of length nn and the set of permutations of Sn+1(321,312,23(k+1)1)S_{n+1}(321,312,23\ldots(k+1)1). Finally, basing on a known Gray code for those strings, we define a Gray code for Sn+1(321,312,23(k+1)1)S_{n+1}(321,312,23\ldots(k+1)1), where two consecutive permutations differ by an adjacent transposition.

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@article{arxiv.2204.10069,
  title  = {Strings from linear recurrences and permutations: a Gray code},
  author = {Elena Barcucci and Antonio Bernini and Renzo Pinzani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.10069},
  year   = {2022}
}