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Quasirandom permutations are characterized by 4-point densities

Combinatorics 2013-01-22 v3

Abstract

For permutations P and T of lengths |P|\le|T|, let t(P,T) be the probability that the restriction of T to a random |P|-point set is (order) isomorphic to P. We show that every sequence \{T_j\} of permutations such that |T_j|\to\infty and t(P,T_j)\to 1/4! for every 4-point permutation P is quasirandom (that is, t(P,T_j)\to 1/|P|! for every P). This answers a question posed by Graham.

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@article{arxiv.1205.3074,
  title  = {Quasirandom permutations are characterized by 4-point densities},
  author = {Daniel Král' and Oleg Pikhurko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.3074},
  year   = {2013}
}

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10 pages, 1 figure

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