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A permutation $\pi$ of a multiset is said to be a {\em quasi-Stirling} permutation if there does not exist four indices $i<j<k<\ell$ such that $\pi_i=\pi_k$ and $\pi_j=\pi_{\ell}$. For a multiset $\mathcal{M}$, denote by…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-06-09 Sherry H. F. Yan , Xue Zhu

In this paper, several variants of the ascent-plateau statistic are introduced, including flag ascent-plateau, double ascent and descent-plateau. We first study the flag ascent-plateau statistic on Stirling permutations by using…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-01-26 Shi-Mei Ma , Jun Ma , Yeong-Nan Yeh

We define a new family of generalized Stirling permutations that can be interpreted in terms of ordered trees and forests. We prove that the number of generalized Stirling permutations with a fixed number of ascents is given by a natural…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-05-11 J. Fernando Barbero G. , Jesús Salas , Eduardo J. S. Villaseñor

We prove that the enumerative polynomials of quasi-Stirling permutations of multisets with respect to the statistics of plateaux, descents and ascents are partial $\gamma$-positive, thereby confirming a recent conjecture posed by Lin, Ma…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-07-14 Sherry H. F. Yan , Yunwei Huang , Lihong Yang

Given a general multiset $\mathcal{M}=\{1^{m_1},2^{m_2},\ldots,n^{m_n}\}$, where $i$ appears $m_i$ times, a multipermutation $\pi$ of $\mathcal{M}$ is called {\em quasi-Stirling}, if it contains no subword of the form $abab$ with $a\neq b$.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-11 Shishuo Fu , Yanlin Li

In this paper, we consider a generalization of the Stirling number sequence of both kinds by using a specialization of a new family of symmetric functions. We give combinatorial interpretations for this symmetric functions by means of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-10-22 Bazeniar Abdelghafour , Moussa Ahmia , José L. Ramírez , Diego Villamizar

In this paper we study the generating polynomials obtained by enumerating signed simsun permutations by number of the descents. Properties of the polynomials, including the recurrence relations and generating functions are studied.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-05-18 Shi-Mei Ma , Toufik Mansour , Hai-Na Wang

A $k$-Stirling permutation of order $n$ is said to be "flattened" if the leading terms of its increasing runs are in ascending order. We show that flattened $k$-Stirling permutations of order $n+1$ are in bijection correspondence with a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-08-09 Umesh Shankar

We define a variation of Stirling permutations, called quasi-Stirling permutations, to be permutations on the multiset $\{1,1,2,2,\ldots, n,n\}$ that avoid the patterns 1212 and 2121. Their study is motivated by a known relationship between…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-04-20 Kassie Archer , Adam Gregory , Bryan Pennington , Stephanie Slayden

A permutation on an alphabet $ \Sigma $, is a sequence where every element in $ \Sigma $ occurs precisely once. Given a permutation $ \pi $= ($\pi_{1} $, $ \pi_{2} $, $ \pi_{3} $,....., $ \pi_{n} $) over the alphabet $ \Sigma $ =$\{ $0, 1,…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-01-19 Bhadrachalam Chitturi , Krishnaveni K S

Stirling permutations were introduced by Gessel and Stanley, who used their enumeration by the number of descents to give a combinatorial interpretation of certain polynomials related to Stirling numbers. Quasi-Stirling permutations, which…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-02-05 Sergi Elizalde

The Stirling permutations introduced by Gessel-Stanley have recently received considerable attention. Motivated by Ji's work on $(\alpha,\beta)$-Eulerian polynomials (Sci China Math., 2025) and Yan-Yang-Lin's work on $1/k$-Eulerian…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-28 Shi-Mei Ma , Jianfeng Wang , Guiying Yan , Jean Yeh , Yeong-Nan Yeh

We study Stirling permutations defined by Gessel and Stanley. We prove that their generating function according to the number of descents has real roots only. We use that fact to prove that the distribution of these descents, and other,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-03-12 Miklos Bona

We show that all permutations in $S_n$ can be generated by affine unicritical polynomials. We use the $\operatorname{PGL}$ group structure to compute the cycle structure of permutations with low Carlitz rank. The tree structure of the group…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-03-22 Anna Chlopecki , Juliano Levier-Gomes , Wayne Peng , Alex Shearer , Adam Towsley

We introduce several statistics on ordered partitions of sets, that is, set partitions where the blocks are permuted arbitrarily. The distribution of these statistics is closely related to the q-Stirling numbers of the second kind. Some of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-04-26 Einar Steingrimsson

Two well-known distributions in the study of permutation statistics are the Mahonian and Eulerian distributions. Mahonian statistics include the major index MAJ and the number of inversions INV, while examples of Eulerian statistics are the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-19 Frederick Butler

We present various identities in the form of convolutions involving Stirling numbers of both kinds, Lah numbers, and binomial coefficients. Certain convolution polynomials are discussed also. The proofs are based on several series…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-03-30 Khristo N. Boyadzhiev

The degenerate Stirling numbers of the second kind and of the first kind, which are respectively degenerate versions of the Stirling numbers of the second kind and of the first kind, appear frequently when we study various degenerate…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-06-10 Taekyun Kim , Dae san Kim , Hye Kyung Kim

We study two related probabilistic models of permutations and trees biased by their number of descents. Here, a descent in a permutation $\sigma$ is a pair of consecutive elements $\sigma(i), \sigma(i+1)$ such that $\sigma(i) >…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-12-19 Paul Thévenin , Stephan Wagner

We call a permutation $\sigma=[\sigma_1,\dots,\sigma_n] \in S_n$ a {\em cylindrical king permutation} if $ |\sigma_i-\sigma_{i+1}|>1$ for each $1\leq i \leq n-1$ and $|\sigma_1-\sigma_n|>1$. We present some results regarding the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-01-10 Eli Bagno , Estrella Eisenberg , Shulamit Reches , Moriah Sigron