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Order-isomorphic twins in permutations

Combinatorics 2020-06-23 v2

Abstract

Let a1,,ana_1,\dotsc,a_n be a permutation of [n][n]. Two disjoint order-isomorphic subsequences are called \emph{twins}. We show that every permutation of [n][n] contains twins of length Ω(n3/5)\Omega(n^{3/5}) improving the trivial bound of Ω(n1/2)\Omega(n^{1/2}). We also show that a random permutation contains twins of length Ω(n2/3)\Omega(n^{2/3}), which is sharp.

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@article{arxiv.2003.00363,
  title  = {Order-isomorphic twins in permutations},
  author = {Boris Bukh and Oleksandr Rudenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.00363},
  year   = {2020}
}

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