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A partition of a positive integer $n$ is a representation of $n$ as a sum of a finite number of positive integers (called parts). A trapezoidal number is a positive integer that has a partition whose parts are a decreasing sequence of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-04-22 Melvyn B. Nathanson

Operators on probability distributions can be expressed as operators on the associated moment sequences, and so correspond to operators on integer sequences. Thus, there is an opportunity to apply each theory to the other. Moreover,…

Probability · Mathematics 2010-06-04 Joseph Abate , Ward Whitt

A shortcut of a directed path $v_1 v_2 \cdots v_n$ is an edge $v_iv_j$ with $j > i+1$. If $j = i+2$ the shortcut is called a hop. If all hops are present, the path is called hop complete, so the path and its hops form a square of a path. We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-09-30 Raphael Yuster

Integer partitions are deeply related to many phenomena in statistical physics. A question naturally arises which is of interest to physics both on "purely" theoretical and on practical, computational grounds. Is it possible to apprehend…

Computational Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. M. Chase

A (non-circular) de Bruijn sequence w of order n is a word such that every word of length n appears exactly once in w as a factor. In this paper, we generalize the concept to a multi-shift setting: a multi-shift de Bruijn sequence tau(m,n)…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2010-04-09 Zhi Xu

Let $S= \{ p_1, \ldots, p_s\}$ be a finite, non-empty set of distinct prime numbers and $(U_{n})_{n \geq 0}$ be a linear recurrence sequence of integers of order $r$. For any positive integer $k,$ we define $(U_j^{(k)})_{j\geq 1}$ an…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-04-16 S. S. Rout , N. K. Meher

Common meadows are commutative and associative algebraic structures with two operations (addition and multiplication) with additive and multiplicative identities and for which inverses are total. The inverse of zero is an error term…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2024-06-10 João Dias , Bruno Dinis

A sequence $S=s_{1}s_{2}..._{n}$ is \emph{nonrepetitive} if no two adjacent blocks of $S$ are identical. In 1906 Thue proved that there exist arbitrarily long nonrepetitive sequences over 3-element set of symbols. We study a generalization…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-04-15 Jarosław Grytczuk , Jakub Kozik , Marcin Witkowski

We explore how the asymptotic structure of a random $n$-term weak integer composition of $m$ evolves, as $m$ increases from zero. The primary focus is on establishing thresholds for the appearance and disappearance of substructures. These…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-20 David Bevan , Dan Threlfall

An increasing sequence $(a_n)$ of positive integers which satisfies $\frac{a_{n+1}}{a_n}>1+\eta$ for some positive $\eta$ is called a lacunary sequence. It has been known for over twenty years that every lacunary sequence is strong sweeping…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-03-22 Sovanlal Mondal , Madhumita Roy , Máté Wierdl

A sequence x=x_1 x_2...x_n $ is said to be an ascent sequence of length $n$ if it satisfies x_1=0 and $0\leq x_i\leq asc(x_1x_2...x_{i-1})+1$ for all $2\leq i\leq n$, where $asc(x_1x_2... x_{i-1})$ is the number of ascents in the sequence…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-08-22 Sherry H. F. Yan

The paperfolding sequences form an uncountable class of infinite sequences over the alphabet $\{ -1, 1 \}$ that describe the sequence of folds arising from iterated folding of a piece of paper, followed by unfolding. In this note we observe…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Jeffrey Shallit

A Galileo sequence \((a_n)\) is a sequence of positive integers whose partial sums $S_n$ satisfy $S_{2n}=kS_n$ for some $k>1$. In this paper we prove that every polynomial Galileo sequence is given by first differences of the form \(a_n=…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2026-04-24 William Cheah , David Treeby

Gijswijt's sequence consists almost entirely of small positive integers. However, it is known that every positive integer eventually appears in the sequence. In this paper we determine its growth rate. Specifically, we prove that for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-21 Levi van de Pol

It is known that for an arbitrary positive integer \(n\) the sequence \(S(x^n)=(1^n, 2^n, \ldots)\) is complete, meaning that every sufficiently large integer is a sum of distinct \(n\)th powers of positive integers. We prove that every…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-07-11 Doyon Kim

An $n$-tournament $T$ with vertex set $V$ is simple if there is no subset $M$ of $V$ such that $2\leq \left \vert M\right \vert \leq n-1$ and for every $x\in V\setminus M$, either $M\rightarrow x$ or $x \rightarrow M$. The simplicity index…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-07-28 Abderrahim Boussaïri , Soufiane Lakhlifi , Imane Talbaoui

Given a sequence $s=(s_1,s_2,\ldots)$ of positive integers, the inversion sequences with respect to $s$, or $s$-inversion sequences, were introduced by Savage and Schuster in their study of lecture hall polytopes. A sequence…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-10-22 William Y. C. Chen , Alan J. X. Guo , Peter L. Guo , Harry H. Y. Huang , Thomas Y. H. Liu

Player ONE chooses a meager set and player TWO, a nowhere dense set per inning. They play $\omega$ many innings. ONE's consecutive choices must form a (weakly) increasing sequence. TWO wins if the union of the chosen nowhere dense sets…

Logic · Mathematics 2009-09-25 Marion Scheepers

We study some problems pertaining to the tournament equilibrium set (TEQ for short). A tournament $H$ is a TEQ-retentive tournament if there is a tournament $T$ which has a minimal TEQ-retentive set $R$ such that $T[R]$ is isomorphic to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-11-15 Yongjie Yang

Zeckendorf proved that every positive integer $n$ can be written uniquely as the sum of non-adjacent Fibonacci numbers; a similar result, though with a different notion of a legal decomposition, holds for many other sequences. We use these…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-09-17 Paul Baird-Smith , Alyssa Epstein , Kristen Flint , Steven J. Miller