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The Lexicographic First Occurrence of a I-II-III pattern

Probability 2012-04-12 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

Consider a random permutation πSn\pi\in{\cal S}_n. In this paper, perhaps best classified as a contribution to discrete probability distribution theory, we study the {\it first} occurrence X=XnX=X_n of a I-II-III-pattern, where "first" is interpreted in the lexicographic order induced by the 3-subsets of [n]={1,2,...,n}[n]=\{1,2,...,n\}. Of course if the permutation is I-II-III-avoiding then the first I-II-III-pattern never occurs, and thus \e(X)=\e(X)=\infty for each nn; to avoid this case, we also study the first occurrence of a I-II-III-pattern given a bijection f:Z+Z+f:{\bf Z}^+\to{\bf Z}^+.

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@article{arxiv.0801.1876,
  title  = {The Lexicographic First Occurrence of a I-II-III pattern},
  author = {Torey Burton and Anant P. Godbole and Brett M. Kindle},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.1876},
  year   = {2012}
}
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