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Why is the right permutohedron order (aka weak order) on $S_n$ a lattice?
This is one of those things I never expected to be hard until I tried to prove it. Why is the right permutohedron order (a.k.a. weak Bruhat order, a.k.a. weak order -- not to be confused with the ...
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Twisted permutations
We consider a set $E$ with an involution (having perhaps fixed points).
We denote orbits by $\lbrace x,\overline{x}\rbrace$ (with $\overline{x}=x$ in
the case of a fixed point).
We consider sequences $...
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Question on a reduction in Kirillov's paper on positivity of divided difference operators
As the title says, my question is on a specific argument in Kirillov - Skew divided difference operators and Schubert polynomials (journal, MSN) on positivity of divided difference operators. I recall ...
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Can Matsumoto's theorem for the symmetric group be proved using a monovariant?
This is a question that can be asked for any Coxeter group, but for the sake of simplicity I will restrict myself to symmetric groups. Recall the main definitions:
Let $n$ be a nonnegative integer. ...
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A probability problem in the conjugacy classes of symmetric group
Assume that $\sigma\in S_n$ has the cycle type $(p,.,p,1,..,1)$ where $p>2$ is a prime and the numbers of $1$ maybe $0$. If $\sigma_1$ and $\sigma_2$ are chosen uniformly in the conjugacy class of $...
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Sequence of monotone tuples and permutation condition for rotation
I was doing some counting in $S_n$ symmetric group I encountered the following problem, which also someway related to central factorial number.
So given a $n$ cycle say $(1,2,\ldots,n)$, what are the ...
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Swaps in a permutation across an index
We are given two positive integers $N$ and $K$ such that $K < N$. We start with an array $A=[1,2,\dots,N]$. We can choose an arbitrary index $i \in \{1,2,\dots,N-1\}$ and we can swap $A[i]$ with $A[...
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Induction step in Bóna and Ehrenborg's proof that the generating function of the alternating runs has -1 as a root of a certain multiplicity
This is a crosspost of a question I asked on Mathematics SE four months ago. Periodically bumping it and placing a bounty on it to attract more attention were to no avail. There are some comments ...
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A close reative of "Inflated" Eulerian polynomials
I came across this post Coefficients of the Inflated Eulerian Polynomial by AULI-GRAHAM-SAVAGE. In particular, the polynomials related to descents interested me
$$P_n(x)=\sum_{\pi\in\mathfrak{S}_n}x^{...
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A question related to Young symmetrizers
Let $T$ be an arbitrary Young tableau (i.e., filling of the diagram of an integer partition $\lambda$ of $n$ by the numbers from $1$ to $n$, each appearing once). Let $R(T)$ be the subgroup of ...
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Words that give rise to an enumeration of elements of the symmetric group
Let $\mathbb{S}_m$ be the symmetric group on $m$ letters. Let $n=m-1$. Let $\mathbf{w}=a_1\cdots a_r$ be a word on the alphabet $\{1,\ldots,n\}$. We say that $\mathbf{w}$ gives rise to an enumeration ...
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Combinatorial bijection on monotone sequences
Let $(n),\mu$ be the partition of $n$ define $H_g^{m}((n);\mu)$ count's the number of tuples $(\tau_1,\ldots,\tau_r)$ of transposition in symmetric group $S_n$ with the following conditions
$$ (1,2,\...
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Minimum local permutation data needed to globally merge locally sorted sequences?
We have $k$ blocks of integer sequences $B_1,\dots,B_k$ where $B_i$ is a sequence $$a_{i,1},\dots,a_{i,n_i}$$ with $a_{i,j}\leq a_{i,j+1}$.
Denote the permutation matrix $M_{\ell,\ell'}$ that merges $...
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Combinatorics of merging sequences from multinomial coefficients
If you have $m$ sequences $a_{11},\dots,a_{1n_1}$ through $a_{m1},\dots,a_{mn_m}$ each sorted in ascending order (assume there are no duplicates) then there is an unique way to merge them.
How many ...
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How rare are unholey permutations?
For $S\subset [n]:=\{1,2,\dotsc,n\}$, define $\delta(S)$ to be the number of $m\in S$ such that $m+1\notin S$.
Given a permutation $\pi$ of $[n]$, we define the holeyness $D(\pi)$ of $\pi$ as being $...
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sum over permutations equals zero?
The question we are considering concerns a sum over all permutation $\sigma \in S_n$ (symmetric group) of a certain rational function:
$$\sum_{\sigma \in S_n} \frac{\sigma_{j1} \sigma_{j2}... \sigma_{...
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A certain kind of permutations and transport of Bruhat chains under conjugation
Let $(W,S)$ be a finite Coxeter system. Let us consider the following situation:
Let $v_1,v_2,w\in W$ such that $v_1=wv_2w^{-1}$. Let $s_{\beta_r}\ldots s_{\beta_1}$ be a reduced expression of $v_2$. ...
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A cancellation property for permutations?
Let $S_n$ be the group of $n$-permutations. Denote the number of inversions of $\sigma\in S_n$ by $\ell(\sigma)$.
QUESTION. Assume $n>2$. Does this cancellation property hold true?
$$\sum_{\...
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An $n!\times n!$ determinant
Let us consider the matrix $A$ with its rows and columns enumerated by the elements of $S_n$ with $A_{\sigma\tau}=x^{c(\sigma\tau^{-1})}$ where $c()$ is the number of cycles in a permutation's ...
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The number of permutations with a special condition
Suppose we are considering $S_n$. For any permutation, let $h$ be the number of derangement and $N$ be the number of cycles with length no less than 2.
I'm interested in the number of permutations ...
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The number of permutations with specified number of cycles and fixed points
I'm interested in the number of permutations for a specified number of fixed points and cycles.
Suppose we are in $S_n$. For any permutation in $S_n$, let $h$ be the number of changed points (the ...
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Cycle generating function of permutations with only odd cycles
Let $\mathrm{ODD}(n)$ be the set of permutations in $\mathfrak{S}_n$ whose cycle lengths are all odd. It is known that
$$ \#\mathrm{ODD}(n) = \begin{cases} ((n-1)!!)^2 &\textrm{ if $n$ is even}; \\...
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Combinatorial model for twisted involutions in $S_n$
Let $(W,S)$ be a Coxeter group and $*:S \to S$ be an automorphism of the Dynkin diagram of $W$ so that $*^2$ is the identity.
This induces a bijection $*:W \to W$ mapping $w = s_1 \dots s_n$ to $w^* = ...
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Permutation factorizations according to number of generated orbits
Let $\pi$ be a permutation in $S_n$ with cycle type $\lambda$.
How many factorizations into two factors $\pi=\sigma_1\sigma_2$ are there, such that the subgroup $\langle \sigma_1,\sigma_2\rangle$ ...
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Characterization of permutations which have at most one successor in the covering relation of the weak Bruhat order
Let $W$ be the symmetric group on $n+1$ letters. Let $\ell$ be the length function on $W$.
As the title says, can we characterize all $v\in W$ such that there exists a $w\in W$ such that for all ...
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Provoking involutions further
Let $\mathfrak{S}_n$ denote the permutation group, and $I_0(n)=\sum_{j\geq0}\binom{n}{2j}\frac{(2j)!}{2^jj!}$ stand for involutions see A000085 for more interpretations. There is also these numbers $...
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trace and involution permutations: Part II
This is a follow up on my earlier MO question.
Let $\operatorname{Inv}(\mathfrak{S}_n):=\{\pi\in\mathfrak{S}_n: \pi^2=1\}$ be the set of involutions in the symmetric group $\mathfrak{S}_n$. Denote $...
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trace and involution permutations: Part I
Let $\operatorname{Inv}(\mathfrak{S}_n):=\{\pi\in\mathfrak{S}_n: \pi^2=1\}$ be the set of involutions in the symmetric group $\mathfrak{S}_n$. Denote $I_n:=\#\operatorname{Inv}(\mathfrak{S}_n)$. Let $\...
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Number of Permutations?
Edit: This is a modest rephrasing of the question as originally stated below the fold: for $n \geq 3$, let $\sigma \in S_n$ be a fixed-point-free permutation. How many fixed-point-free permutations $\...
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factorization of polynomials wrt the major index stat
Let $\mathfrak{S}_n$ be the permutation group on $\{1,\dots,n\}$. Given $\pi=\pi_1\pi_2\dots\pi_n\in\mathfrak{S}_n$, its major index statistic is denoted maj$(\pi)$. Define the polynomials
$$Q_{n,k}(x)...
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normal sets and conjugate generating sets of $S_n$
In this arXiv paper (p. 13), Steinhardt defines a normal set in $S_n$ as follows:
Definition: A split set of more than two cycles generating $S_n$ is said to be normal if any element is adjacent to ...
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Exact growth rate of Longest Increasing Subsequence expectation
Let $S_n$ be the symmetric group, $\pi\in S_n$ a uniformly random permutation and $L_n:=L_n(\pi)$ denoting the length of the longest increasing subsequence (LIS). We know that $\lim_{n\rightarrow\...
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counting the number of ordered pairs in a permutohedron
Recall that a permutohedron is a graph on the set of permutations $S_n$ with an edge between $\sigma$ and $\tau$ if they differ by one adjacent transposition: $\tau = (i,i+1) \circ \sigma$ for some $i ...
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Cyclic Permutations - but not what you think
This question is not about elements of $S_n$ that consist of a single $n$-cycle, though naturally it's related.
Instead, consider permutations modulo the action of $(123\ldots n)$. That is, we ...
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