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We answer a question of Simental by providing a combinatorial interpretation of a formula which generalizes rational Catalan numbers and which appears in the study of Springer fibers. We provide an interpretation in terms of binary…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-15 Jimmy Dillies

Motivated by independent results of Bizley and Duchon, we study rational Dyck paths and their subset of factor-free elements. On the one hand, we give a bijection between rational Dyck paths and regular Dyck paths with ascents colored by…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-06-26 Daniel Birmajer , Juan B. Gil , Michael D. Weiner

Dyck paths are one of the most important objects in enumerative combinatorics, and there are many papers devoted to counting selected families of Dyck paths. Here we present two approaches for the automatic counting of many such families,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-06-19 Shalosh B. Ekhad , Doron Zeilberger

Rational Dyck paths are the rational generalization of classical Dyck paths. They play an important role in Catalan combinatorics, and have multiple applications in algebra and geometry. Two statistics over rational Dyck paths called run…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Lilan Dai , Shishuo Fu , Dun Qiu

Dyck paths (also balanced brackets and Dyck words) are among the most heavily studied Catalan families. This paper is a continuation of [2, 3, 4]. In the paper we are dealing with the numbering of Dyck paths, with the resulting numbers, the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-21 Gennady Eremin

Dyck paths are among the most heavily studied Catalan families. We work with peaks and valleys to uniquely decompose Dyck paths into the simplest objects - prime fragments with a single peak. Each Dyck path is uniquely characterized by a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-29 Gennady Eremin

Given a coprime pair $(m,n)$ of positive integers, rational Catalan numbers $\frac{1}{m+n} \binom{m+n}{m,n}$ counts two combinatorial objects:rational $(m,n)$-Dyck paths are lattice paths in the $m\times n$ rectangle that never go below the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-04-22 Guoce Xin

An $(a,b)$-Dyck path $P$ is a lattice path from $(0,0)$ to $(b,a)$ that stays above the line $y=\frac{a}{b}x$. The zeta map is a curious rule that maps the set of $(a,b)$-Dyck paths into itself; it is conjecturally bijective, and we provide…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-02-19 Cesar Ceballos , Tom Denton , Christopher R. H. Hanusa

We consider Dyck paths having height at most two with some constraints on the number of consecutive valleys at height one which must be followed by a suitable number of valleys at height zero. We prove that they are enumerated by so-called…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Elena Barcucci , Antonio Bernini , Stefano Bilotta , Renzo Pinzani

We study the relationship between rational slope Dyck paths and invariant subsets of $\mathbb Z,$ extending the work of the first two authors in the relatively prime case. We also find a bijection between $(dn,dm)$--Dyck paths and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-09-28 Eugene Gorsky , Mikhail Mazin , Monica Vazirani

We study a two-parameter generalization of the Catalan numbers: $C_{d,p}(n)$ is the number of ways to subdivide the $d$-dimensional hypercube into $n$ rectangular blocks using orthogonal partitions of fixed arity $p$. Bremner \& Dotsenko…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-04 Yu Hin Au , Fatemeh Bagherzadeh , Murray R. Bremner

In this paper, we enumerate lattice paths with certain constraints and apply the corresponding results to develop formulas for calculating the dimensions of submodules of a class of modules for planar upper triangular rook monoids. In…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-08-24 Jianqiang Feng , Wenli Liu , Ximei Bai , Zhenheng Li

We interpret walks in the first quadrant with steps {(1,1),(1,0),(-1,0), (-1,-1)} as a generalization of Dyck words with two sets of letters. Using this language, we give a formal expression for the number of walks in the steps above…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-04-20 Arvind Ayyer

The known bijections on Dyck paths are either involutions or have notoriously intractable cycle structure. Here we present a size-preserving bijection on Dyck paths whose cycle structure is amenable to complete analysis. In particular, each…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 David Callan

For $m,n$ coprime we introduce a new statistic skip on $(m,n)$-rational Dyck paths and give a fast way to compute dinv and skip statistics. We also introduce $(m,n)$-rank words, which are in one-to-one correspondence with $(m,n)$-Dyck…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-11-16 Ryan Kaliszewski , Huilan Li

Given a positive rational $q$, we consider Dyck paths having height at most two with some constraints on the number of consecutive peaks and consecutive valleys, depending on $q$. We introduce a general class of Dyck paths, called rational…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-10-01 Elena Barcucci , Antonio Bernini , Stefano Bilotta , Renzo Pinzani

In analyzing balanced parentheses, we consider a group of related variables in Dyck paths. In the four-dimensional space, the Dyck triangle is constructed, i.e. an integer lattice with Dyck paths.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-18 Gennady Eremin

We provide enumerating results for partial knight's paths of a given size. We prove algebraically that zigzag knight's paths of a given size ending on the $x$-axis are enumerated by the generalized Catalan numbers, and we give a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-02-01 Jean-Luc Baril , José Luis Ramirez

Catalan numbers $C(n)=\frac{1}{n+1}{2n\choose n}$ enumerate binary trees and Dyck paths. The distribution of paths with respect to their number $k$ of factors is given by ballot numbers $B(n,k)=\frac{n-k}{n+k}{n+k\choose n}$. These integers…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-11-03 Jean-Christophe Aval

For fixed non-negative integers $k$, $t$, and $n$, with $t < k$, a $k_t$-Dyck path of length $(k+1)n$ is a lattice path that starts at $(0, 0)$, ends at $((k+1)n, 0)$, stays weakly above the line $y = -t$, and consists of steps from the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-07-25 Clemens Heuberger , Sarah J. Selkirk , Stephan Wagner