Combinatorial parameters on bargraphs of permutations

‎In this paper‎, ‎we consider statistics on permutations of length $n$ represented geometrically as bargraphs having the same number of horizontal steps‎. ‎More precisely‎, ‎we find the joint distribution of the descent and up step statistics on the bargraph representations‎, ‎thereby obtaining a ne...

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Main Authors: Toufik Mansour, Mark Shattuck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Isfahan 2018-06-01
Series:Transactions on Combinatorics
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Online Access:http://toc.ui.ac.ir/article_22243_ee9a92039072d73f603a278c71ef4387.pdf
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Summary:‎In this paper‎, ‎we consider statistics on permutations of length $n$ represented geometrically as bargraphs having the same number of horizontal steps‎. ‎More precisely‎, ‎we find the joint distribution of the descent and up step statistics on the bargraph representations‎, ‎thereby obtaining a new refined count of permutations of a given length‎. ‎To do so‎, ‎we consider the distribution of the parameters on permutations of a more general multiset of which $mathcal{S}_n$ is a subset‎. ‎In addition to finding an explicit formula for the joint distribution on this multiset‎, ‎we provide counts for the total number of descents and up steps of all its members‎, ‎supplying both algebraic and combinatorial proofs‎. ‎Finally‎, ‎we derive explicit expressions for the sign balance of these statistics‎, ‎from which the comparable results on permutations follow as special cases‎.
ISSN:2251-8657
2251-8665