On the longest k-alternating subsequence
Combinatorics
2014-06-23 v1
Abstract
We show that the longest k-alternating substring of a random permutation has length asymptotic to 2 (n-k) / 3.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1406.5207,
title = {On the longest k-alternating subsequence},
author = {Igor Pak and Robin Pemantle},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.5207},
year = {2014}
}
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