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We introduce a new type of lattice path, called brick-wall lattice path, and we derive a formula which counts the number of paths on these lattices imposing certain restrictions on the Cartesian plane. Connections to the Fibonacci sequence,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-04-17 Leonard Daus , Valeriu Beiu , Simon Cowell , Philippe Poulin

Recently, Brualdi and Cao studied $I_k$-avoiding $(0,1)$-matrices by decomposing them into zigzag paths and proved that the maximum number of $1$'s in such a matrix is given by an exact formula. We further study the structure of maximal…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-06 Sen-Peng Eu , Yi-Lin Lee

The classical Chung-Feller theorem [2] tells us that the number of Dyck paths of length $n$ with $m$ flaws is the $n$-th Catalan number and independent on $m$. L. Shapiro [9] found the Chung-Feller properties for the Motzkin paths.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-03-05 Jun Ma , Yeong-nan Yeh

We consider lattice walks in $\R^k$ confined to the region $0<x_1<x_2...<x_k$ with fixed (but arbitrary) starting and end points. The walks are required to be "reflectable", that is, we assume that the number of paths can be counted using…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-12-17 Thomas Feierl

Motzkin paths with air pockets (MAP) are defined as a generalization of Dyck paths with air pockets by adding some horizontal steps with certain conditions. In this paper, we introduce two generalizations. The first one consists of lattice…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-12-26 Jean-Luc Baril , Paul Barry

We reduce the problem of counting self-avoiding walks in the square lattice to a problem of counting the number of integral points in multidimensional domains. We obtain an asymptotic estimate of the number of self-avoiding walks of length…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-04-22 Youssef Lazar

Let $v$ be a grid path made of north and east steps. The lattice $\rm{T{\scriptsize AM}}(v)$, based on all grid paths weakly above $v$ and sharing the same endpoints as $v$, was introduced by Pr\'eville-Ratelle and Viennot (2014) and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-11-07 Wenjie Fang , Louis-François Préville-Ratelle

We study the expected distance of short uniform random walks in arbitrary dimensions with unit steps in random directions. It is known that for dimensions $d=2$ and $d=4$, all the moments of an $m$-step walk are integer. While for $d=2$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Sergey Kirgizov , Khaydar Nurligareev , Michael Wallner

The purpose of these notes is to introduce some of the problems the enumeration of lattice walks is dedicated to and familiarize with some of the arguments they can be addressed with. We discuss the enumeration of lattice walks, their…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Manfred Buchacher

We present a complete solution to the so-called tennis ball problem, which is equivalent to counting lattice paths in the plane that use North and East steps and lie between certain boundaries. The solution takes the form of explicit…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Anna de Mier , Marc Noy

We consider a class of lattice paths with certain restrictions on their ascents and down steps and use them as building blocks to construct various families of Dyck paths. We let every building block $P_j$ take on $c_j$ colors and count all…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-05-27 Daniel Birmajer , Juan B. Gil , Peter R. W. McNamara , Michael D. Weiner

We call an interval $[x,y]$ in a poset {\em small} if $y$ is the join of some elements covering $x$. In this paper, we study the chains of paths from a given arbitrary (binary) path $P$ to the maximum path having only small intervals. More…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-11-26 I. Tasoulas , K. Manes , A. Sapounakis , P. Tsikouras

Let $I_{n,m} = (x_1\cdots x_{m},x_2 \cdots x_{m+1},\ldots,x_{n+1}x_{n+2}\cdots x_{n+m})$ be the $m$-path ideal of a path of length $n + m-1$ over a polynomial ring $S = \mathrm{k}[x_1,\ldots,x_{n+m}]$. We compute all the graded Betti…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2024-05-09 Silviu Balanescu , Mircea Cimpoeas , Thanh Vu

Similar to how standard Young tableaux represent paths in the Young lattice, Latin rectangles may be use to enumerate paths in the poset of semi-magic squares with entries zero or one. The symmetries associated to determinant preserve this…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-15 Robert W. Donley, , Won Geun Kim

For each $p>0$ we define by recurrence a triangle $T^p(n,k)$ whose rows sum to the Fuss-Catalan numbers $ \frac{1}{p n+1}\binom{pn+1}{n}$, generalizing the known Catalan triangle corresponding to the case $p=2$. (In fact, $T^p(n,k)$ has an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-26 Francesca Aicardi

Using lattice path counting arguments, we reproduce a well known formula for the number of standard Young tableaux. We also produce an interesting new formula for tableaux of height $\leq 3$ using the Fourier methods of Ault and Kicey.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-01-10 Shaun V. Ault

We derive a path counting formula for two-dimensional lattice path model on a plane with filter restrictions. A filter is a line that restricts the path passing it to one of possible directions. Moreover, each path that touches this line is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-04-22 Olga Postnova , Dmitry Solovyev

In the Stanley lattice defined on Dyck paths of size $n$, cover relations are obtained by replacing a valley $DU$ by a peak $UD$. We investigate a greedy version of this lattice, first introduced by Chenevi\`ere, where cover relations…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-05-28 Jean-Luc Baril , Mireille Bousquet-Mélou , Sergey Kirgizov , Mehdi Naima

In this article we will show that for every natural $d$ and $n>1$ there exists a natural number $t$ such that for every $d$-dimensional simplicial complex $\mathcal{T}$ with vertices in $\mathbb{Z}^d$, the number of lattice points in the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-09-15 Arseniy Akopyan , Makoto Tagami

The classical Chung-Feller theorem [2] tells us that the number of Dyck paths of length $n$ with $m$ flaws is the $n$-th Catalan number and independent on $m$. In this paper, we consider the refinements of Dyck paths with flaws by four…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-12-16 Jun Ma , Yeong-Nan Yeh
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