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$k$-Indivisible Noncrossing Partitions

Combinatorics 2021-07-26 v3

Abstract

For a fixed integer kk, we consider the set of noncrossing partitions, where both the block sizes and the difference between adjacent elements in a block is 1modk1\bmod k. We show that these kk-indivisible noncrossing partitions can be recovered in the setting of subgroups of the symmetric group generated by (k+1)(k+1)-cycles, and that the poset of kk-indivisible noncrossing partitions under refinement order has many beautiful enumerative and structural properties. We encounter kk-parking functions and some special Cambrian lattices on the way, and show that a special class of lattice paths constitutes a nonnesting analogue.

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@article{arxiv.1904.05573,
  title  = {$k$-Indivisible Noncrossing Partitions},
  author = {Henri Mühle and Philippe Nadeau and Nathan Williams},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.05573},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

23 pages, 7 figures. Updated final version incorporating a result suggested by Christian Krattenthaler on the rank-enumeration of m-divisible k-indivisible noncrossing partitions. This resolves the conjectures from Section 8.2 in the previous versions. Comments welcome

R2 v1 2026-06-23T08:36:28.097Z