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Clustering of consecutive numbers in permutations avoiding a pattern and in separable permutations

Combinatorics 2022-08-26 v3 Probability

Abstract

Let SnS_n denote the set of permutations of [n]:={1,,n}[n]:=\{1,\cdots, n\}, and denote a permutation σSn\sigma\in S_n by σ=σ1σ2σn\sigma=\sigma_1\sigma_2\cdots \sigma_n. For l2l\ge2 an integer, let Al;k(n)SnA^{(n)}_{l;k}\subset S_n denote the event that the set of ll consecutive numbers {k,k+1,,k+l1}\{k, k+1,\cdots, k+l-1\} appears in a set of consecutive positions: {k,k+1,,k+l1}={σa,σa+1,,σa+l1}\{k,k+1,\cdots, k+l-1\}=\{\sigma_a,\sigma_{a+1},\cdots, \sigma_{a+l-1}\}, for some aa. For τSm\tau\in S_m, let Sn(τ)S_n(\tau) denote the set of τ\tau-avoiding permutations in SnS_n, and let Pnav(τ)P_n^{\text{av}(\tau)} denote the uniform probability measure on Sn(τ)S_n(\tau). Also, let SnsepS_n^{\text{sep}} denote the set of separable permutations in SnS_n, and let PnsepP_n^{\text{sep}} denote the uniform probability measure on SnsepS_n^{\text{sep}}. We investigate the quantities Pnav(τ)(Al;k(n))P_n^{\text{av}(\tau)}(A^{(n)}_{l;k}) and Pnsep(Al;k(n))P_n^{\text{sep}}(A^{(n)}_{l;k}) for fixed nn, and the limiting behavior as nn\to\infty. We also consider the asymptotic properties of this limiting behavior as ll\to\infty.

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@article{arxiv.2109.09370,
  title  = {Clustering of consecutive numbers in permutations avoiding a pattern and in separable permutations},
  author = {Ross G. Pinsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.09370},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

There was an error in the proof of part (ii) of Theorem 1 in the previous version of the paper. In fact, it turned out that the claim in part (ii) of Theorem 1 was wrong. The condition in part (ii) of Theorem 1 has been changed a little, and with this change the proof works

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