Compositions inside a rectangle and unimodality

dc.creatorSagan, Bruce E.
dc.date2007-07-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:14:30Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:14:30Z
dc.descriptionLet c^{k,l}(n) be the number of compositions (ordered partitions) of the integer n whose Ferrers diagram fits inside a k-by-l rectangle. The purpose of this note is to give a simple, algebraic proof of a conjecture of Vatter that the sequence c^{k,l}(0), c^{k,l}(1), ..., c^{k,l}(kl) is unimodal. The problem of giving a combinatorial proof of this fact is discussed, but is still open.
dc.description9 pages, 1 figure, see related papers at http://www.math.msu.edu/~sagan
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0707.1052
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0707.1052
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/133143
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subject05A17; 05A20
dc.titleCompositions inside a rectangle and unimodality
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