Symmetric Schroder paths and restricted involutions

dc.creatorDeng, Eva Y. P.
dc.creatorDukes, Mark
dc.creatorMansour, Toufik
dc.creatorWu, Susan Y. J.
dc.date2008-10-29
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:13:51Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:13:51Z
dc.descriptionLet $A_k$ be the set of permutations in the symmetric group $S_k$ with prefix 12. This paper concerns the enumeration of involutions which avoid the set of patterns $A_k$. We present a bijection between symmetric Schroder paths of length $2n$ and involutions of length $n+1$ avoiding $\mathcal{A}_4$. Statistics such as the number of right-to-left maxima and fixed points of the involution correspond to the number of steps in the symmetric Schroder path of a particular type. For each $k> 2$ we determine the generating function for the number of involutions avoiding the subsequences in $A_k$, according to length, first entry and number of fixed points.
dc.description11 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0810.5189
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0810.5189
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/172675
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.titleSymmetric Schroder paths and restricted involutions
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