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The Ratio Monotonicity of the $q$-Derangement Numbers

Combinatorics 2007-10-04 v3

Abstract

We show that the qq-derangement numbers satisfy a ratio monotone property, which is analogous to the log-concavity and is stronger than the spiral property and the unimodality.

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@article{arxiv.0708.2572,
  title  = {The Ratio Monotonicity of the $q$-Derangement Numbers},
  author = {William Y. C. Chen and Ernest X. W. Xia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.2572},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

16 pages. log-concavity possibly except for one term is added as a corollary