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Hertzsprung patterns on involutions

Combinatorics 2025-09-17 v3

Abstract

Hertzsprung patterns, recently introduced by Anders Claesson, are subsequences of a permutation contiguous in both positions and values, and can be seen as a subclass of bivincular patterns. This paper investigates Hertzsprung patterns within involutions, where additional structural constraints introduce new challenges. We present a general formula for enumerating occurrences of these patterns in involutions. We also analyze specific cases to derive the distribution of all Hertzsprung patterns of lengths two and three.

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@article{arxiv.2412.03449,
  title  = {Hertzsprung patterns on involutions},
  author = {Marilena Barnabei and Niccolò Castronuovo and Matteo Silimbani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.03449},
  year   = {2025}
}

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15 pages

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