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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

Following the work of Cano and Diaz, we consider a continuous analog of lattice path enumeration. This allows us to define a continuous version of any discrete object that counts certain types of lattice paths. We define continuous versions…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-08-09 T. Wakhare , C. Vignat , Q. -N. Le , S. Robins

We work with lattice walks in $\mathbb{Z}^{r+1}$ using step set $\{\pm 1\}^{r+1}$ that finish with $x_{r+1} = 0$. We further impose conditions of avoiding backtracking (i.e. $[v,-v]$) and avoiding consecutive steps (i.e. $[v,v]$) each…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-11 John Machacek

This work presents new asymptotic formulas for family of walks in Weyl chambers. The models studied here are defined by step sets which exhibit many symmetries and are restricted to the first orthant. The resulting formulas are very…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-10-08 Stephen Melczer , Marni Mishna

We introduce a subfamily of skew Dyck paths called box paths and show that they are in bijection with pairs of ternary trees, confirming an observation stated previously on the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. More generally, we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-01-23 Yuxuan Zhang , Yan Zhuang

Recently, in the context of walks of hexagonal circle packings, interest has emerged in the family of skew Dyck paths with two variants of down-steps. These paths have steps $U, D_g, D_b, L=D_r$. Using generating functions, the kernel…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-19 Helmut Prodinger

Lattice paths called $\ell$-Schr\"oder paths are introduced. They are paths on the upper half-plane consisting of $\ell+2$ types of steps: $(i,\ell-i)$ for $i=0,\ldots,\ell$, and $(1,-1)$. Those paths generalize Schr\"oder paths and some…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-10-17 Mawo Ito

In this paper we study maximal chains in certain lattices constructed from powers of chains by iterated lax colimits in the $2$-category of posets. Such a study is motivated by the fact that in lower dimensions, we get some familiar…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-10-06 Zurab Janelidze , Helmut Prodinger , Francois van Niekerk

We analyze some enumerative and asymptotic properties of Dyck paths under a line of slope 2/5.This answers to Knuth's problem \\#4 from his "Flajolet lecture" during the conference "Analysis of Algorithms" (AofA'2014) in Paris in June…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-06-29 Cyril Banderier , Michael Wallner

We consider the enumeration of walks on the non-negative lattice $\mathbb{N}^d$, with steps defined by a set $\mathcal{S} \subset \{-1, 0, 1\}^d \setminus \{\mathbf{0}\}$. Previous work in this area has established asymptotics for the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-05-09 Stephen Melczer , Mark C. Wilson

The concepts of symmetric and asymmetric peaks in Dyck paths were introduced by Fl\'{o}rez and Ram\'{\i}rez, who counted the total number of such peaks over all Dyck paths of a given length. Elizalde generalized their results by giving…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-12-28 Yidong Sun , Wenle Shi , Di Zhao

We consider the set of alternating paths on a fixed fully packed loop of size n. This set is in bijection with the set of fully packed loops of size n. Furthermore, for a special choice of fully packed loop, we demonstrate that the set of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-01-08 Stephen Ng

The Gessel number $P(n,r)$ represents the number of lattice paths in a plane with unit horizontal and vertical steps from $(0,0)$ to $(n+r,n+r-1)$ that never touch any of the points from the set $\{(x,x)\in \mathbb{Z}^2: x \geq r\}$. In…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-03-25 Jovan Mikić

In this paper, we investigate statistics on alternating words under correspondence between ``possible reflection paths within several layers of glass'' and ``alternating words''. For $v=(v_1,v_2,\cdots,v_n)\in\mathbb{Z}^{n}$, we say $P$ is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-06-15 Chia-An Hsu , Hsu-Lin Chien , Han-Chun Chan , Bin-Shun Sun , Yuan-Ting Huang

Skew Dyck paths are like Dyck paths, but an additional south-west step $(-1,-1)$ is allowed, provided that the path does not intersect itself. Lattice paths with catastrophes can drop from any level to the origin in just one step. We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-01-11 Helmut Prodinger

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

We study Hamiltonian walks (HWs) on the family of three--dimensional modified Sierpinski gasket fractals, as a model for compact polymers in nonhomogeneous media in three dimensions. Each member of this fractal family is labeled with an…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-02-26 Dušanka Lekić , Sunčica Elezović-Hadžić

Stanley considered Dyck paths where each maximal run of down-steps to the $x$-axis has odd length; they are also enumerated by (shifted) Catalan numbers. Prefixes of these combinatorial objects are enumerated using the kernel method. A more…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-05 Helmut Prodinger

Many recent papers deal with the enumeration of 2-dimensional walks with prescribed steps confined to the positive quadrant. The classification is now complete for walks with steps in $\{0, \pm 1\}^2$: the generating function is D-finite if…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-11 Alin Bostan , Mireille Bousquet-Mélou , Manuel Kauers , Stephen Melczer

For $\ell \geq 1$ and $k \geq 2$, we consider certain admissible sequences of $k-1$ lattice paths in a colored $\ell \times \ell$ square. We show that the number of such admissible sequences of lattice paths is given by the sum of squares…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-08-28 Rebecca L. Jayne , Kailash C. Misra