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Pattern-avoidance and Fuss-Catalan numbers

Combinatorics 2023-10-04 v2

Abstract

We study a subset of permutations, where entries are restricted to having the same remainder as the index, modulo some integer k2k \geq 2. We show that when also imposing the classical 132- or 213-avoidance restriction on the permutations, we recover the Fuss--Catalan numbers and some special cases of the Raney numbers. Surprisingly, an analogous statement also holds when we impose the mod kk restriction on a Catalan family of subexcedant functions. Finally, we completely enumerate all combinations of mod-kk-alternating permutations, avoiding two patterns of length 3. This is analogous to the systematic study by Simion and Schmidt, of permutations avoiding two patterns of length 3.

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@article{arxiv.2201.08168,
  title  = {Pattern-avoidance and Fuss-Catalan numbers},
  author = {Per Alexandersson and Samuel Asefa Fufa and Frether Getachew and Dun Qiu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.08168},
  year   = {2023}
}

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23 pages

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