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Forcing quasirandomness with 4-point permutations

Combinatorics 2024-07-10 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

A combinatorial object is said to be quasirandom if it exhibits certain properties that are typically seen in a truly random object of the same kind. It is known that a permutation is quasirandom if and only if the pattern density of each of the twenty-four 4-point permutations is close to 1/24, which is its expected value in a random permutation. In other words, the set of all twenty-four 4-point permutations is quasirandom-forcing. Moreover, it is known that there exist sets of eight 4-point permutations that are also quasirandom-forcing. Breaking the barrier of linear dependency of perturbation gradients, we show that every quasirandom-forcing set of 4-point permutations must have cardinality at least five.

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@article{arxiv.2407.06869,
  title  = {Forcing quasirandomness with 4-point permutations},
  author = {Daniel Kráľ and Jae-baek Lee and Jonathan A. Noel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.06869},
  year   = {2024}
}
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