Questions tagged [random-permutations]
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Number of permutations that map fixed number of elements between boxes
I would like to count the number of permutations with the following restriction:
I have $N$ objects distributed over $d$ boxes. The boxes are labelled by $a=1,..,d$ and I know the number $n_a$ of ...
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Non-adjacent permutations
Suppose we have an $N$ by $M$ table. Suppose that $x=(a,b)$ and $y=(c,d)$ are two locations in the table, specified by their row and column indexes. We say that (x,y) is horizontally adjacent if $c=...
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Sum of arrival times of Chinese Restaurant Process (CRP)
Suppose that a random sample $X_1, X_2, \ldots$ is drawn from a continuous spectrum of colors, or species, following a Chinese Restaurant Process distribution with parameter $|\alpha|$ (or ...
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Is the integer factorization into prime numbers normally distributed?
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Sorry, for the inconvenience: I have edited the question, since there was a misconception in my thinking.
Let $P_1(n) := 1$ if $n=1$ and $\max_{q\mid n, \text{ } q\text{ prime}} q$ otherwise, ...
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Expectation of the operator norm of projection of a random permutation matrix
Assuming I have a fixed dimension $p$ subspace of $\mathbb{R}^d$ orthogonal to $1^d$ and $VV^\top$ with $V \in \mathbb{R}^{d \times p}$ is the orthogonal projection to the subspace.
What bound can I ...
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Expected sorting time of random permutation using random comparators
In sorting networks, a comparator of positions $i < j$ is an operator which takes a permutation, checks if $p_i > p_j$, and if it is the case, swaps $p_i$ and $p_j$.
Using this, we can define ...
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What is the function defined by f(k) = #σ1({1,2,…,k})∩σ2({1,2,…,k})∩{1,2,…,k}, where σ1,σ2 are a uniformly random permutations of size N?
Thanks to David Pechersky excellent answer we know that
expectation of $ | σ({1,2,…,k}) ∩ \{1,2,…,k \} | \rightarrow k^2/N$ for σ uniformly random permutation over $N$.
What about the same ...
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What curve is defined by the formula $f(k) ={}$length of intersection of the first $k$ elements for two random permutations?
Let us fix $N$. Note that function $f$ defined below will satisfy $f(0)=0, f(N) = N$ and it is monotonically increasing (not strictly).
The code for the function seems to me more clear way to ...
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Popular algorithms (stopping rules) with output - a prefix of a permutation
What are some popular settings, when we look at the elements of a randomly generated permutation one by one, and we use certain stopping rule which, as a result gives us a prefix of the observed ...
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(Asymptotic) Cycle structure in a random permutation given total number of cycles?
A random $N$-permutation is the one drawn uniformly from all possible permutations on $N$ points.
We know that the expected number of cycles of length $\ell$ in a random $N$-permutation, $\mathbb{E}C_\...
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Random permutations constructed via randomly chosen transpositions
Given positive integers $k$ and $n$, we define the probability distribution $p_{n,k}$ on $S_n$ as:
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p_{n,k}(\sigma):=\frac{\#\{(\tau_1,\dots,\tau_s)\mid \sigma=\tau_1\dots\tau_s, \text{ each }\tau_i\...
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Law of large numbers for triangular arrays whose moments "look independent"
Let $(X_{n,k})_{k=1,\ldots,n}^{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ be a triangular array of random variables with finite moments of all orders, with no assumptions on their independence. Suppose that
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\mathbb{E}\left[\...
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Cycle counts in Ewens measure as $\theta$ diverges
For $w$ a permutation, let $c(w)$ denote the total number of cycles and $c_i(w)$ denote the number of $i$-cycles.
The Ewens measure is a one-parameter probability distribution on permutations where ...
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Relating sequence with or without replacement
I derived a relationship between sequences drawn with and without replacement for an application in genetics. The proof is easy enough, but I would rather find a source than provide a derivation of a ...
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Random permutations without double rises (avoiding consecutive pattern $\underline{123}$)
A permutation avoiding a consecutive pattern $\underline{123}$ is permutation
$\pi = \pi_1 \pi_2 \ldots \pi_n$ with the property that there does not exists $i \in [1, n-2]$
such that $\pi_i < \pi_{...
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What probability distribution is this?
Thank you in advance for any suggestions or feedback.
I have a discrete 1D probability distribution represented as a vector $\textbf{p}$, $p_i = p(x_i)$.
I am interested in finding the Wasserstein (...
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Dealing cards numbered $1$ to $n$ into piles
Is anything known about the following?
I hold in my hand a shuffled pack of cards numbered $1$ to $n$. One by one, I place them all, face up, on a table in piles. For each card I deal from my hand, ...
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About symmetric rank-1 random matrices
Consider a $2n-$dimensional symmetric random matrix $M$ of form, $M = \begin{bmatrix} aa^T & ab^T \\ ba^T & bb^T \end{bmatrix}$ where $a$ and $b$ are $n$ dimensional random vectors.
Are there ...
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Showing that the inverse of a function is approximately equivalent to $\frac{1}{n^{1/\alpha}}$
I'm currently working with someone on my PhD, and last week they asked me to check that a certain approximation holds as an exercise. Unfortunately, I couldn't figure out how to do it, and we've since ...
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Counting sets whose alternation is preserved by a permutation
Say a set $X \subseteq \{1,\ldots,n\}$ is alternating if successive elements of $X$ are of opposite parity. That is to say for any $x \in X$, if $y = \min \{z \in X \mid x < z\}$ then $x \not\...
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Number of cells in array covered by a random permutation
Consider a set $A \subseteq [n] \times [n]$ with $|A| = a = \alpha n$ for some $\alpha \in [0,1]$.
Suppose we select a permutation $\pi \in S_n$ uniformly at random. This permutation $\pi$ can also be ...
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Expected position in random permutation
Let $S$ be a set of $n$ numbers, and $\pi(x):S\rightarrow \left\{ 1,\ldots,n\right\}$ define a permutation. The position $p(x, \pi)$ of an element $x \in S$ in a given permutation $\pi$ is the sum of ...
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Rates of convergence to Tracy-Widom?
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One can define the Tracy-Widom distribution as the Fredholm determinant $F_2(t)=\det(\mathbf I-\mathbf A)$ where
$$\mathbf A(x, y)=\...
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How to turn a shuffled deck of card into bits
Suppose I fairly shuffle a deck of 52 playing cards, and I want to generate some bits. You could look at each pair of cards, see which is higher or lower, and output either a 0 or 1. That's 26 ...
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Tight estimates for binomial summation
Is there tight estimates for the following logarithmic summation ($\gamma\in(0,1)$)
$$\ln\Bigg(\sum_{t=\frac{n^{}}2-\gamma n^\gamma}^{\frac{n^{}}2+\gamma n^\gamma}\sum_{\ell=\frac{n^{}}2-\gamma n^\...
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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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How frequent are permutations with small interleaving?
For $S\subset [n]:=\{1,2,\dotsc,n\}$, define $\delta(S)$ to be the number of $m\in S$ such that $m+1\notin S$.
Let $\pi$ be a permutation of $[n]$. For simplicity, assume that $\pi$ is an $n$-cycle. ...
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Can we order random variables in a measurable way in a general setup?
Let
$(\Omega,\mathcal A,\operatorname P)$ be a probability space
$(E,\mathcal E)$ be a measurable space
$n\in\mathbb N$
$X_1,\ldots,X_n$ be $(E,\mathcal E)$-valued random variables on $(\Omega,\...
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Generating bitstring combinations using a butterfly network
I'm using a butterfly network to generate a random combination of a bitstring of length $n$ and weight $w$. Let me clarify it with an example. Suppose I want a random bitstring of length 8 and Hamming ...
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Rank and frequency of permutations
(a) Let $[n] = \{1,\dotsc,n\}$, and let $\pi:[n]\to [n]$ be a permutation. Define an $n$-by-$n$ matrix $A=A(\pi)$ as follows: $A_{i,j}=1$ if $j>i$ and $\pi(j)>\pi(i)$, $A_{i,j}=-1$ If $j<i$ ...
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Another question on provable non-existence of an efficient deterministic numerical method
Herewith I submit what may or may not be considered a simpler version of this question.
The question is whether it is provable that there is no efficient deterministic numerical method for a ...
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What is the expected minimum total matching distance between two partitions of identically and independently distributed points?
Suppose a square $[0,1]\times [0,1]$ in which $N$ vehicles $V_i$ and $N$ riders $R_i$ are distributed identically and independently (say, uniform distribution), a bipartite matching (or a permutation, ...
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Number of permutations that are products of disjoint cycles of distinct length
What is the number of permutations $\pi\in S_n$ that are products of disjoint cycles of distinct length? What is the number of permutations that are products of disjoint cycles such that no more than $...
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Existence of stick breaking representations for random measures
The Dirichlet process has a roughly size ordered representation in terms of beta random variables, called a stick-breaking representation (Sethuraman, 1994). Similar results hold for the beta process, ...
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Proving symmetry of trace function of special matrix
Let $W = aI_{n\times n} + bJ_{n\times n}$, where $I$ is an identity matix, $J$ is the matrix of all ones, $a,b\in\mathbb{R}$ and a+b>0. Also, let $A = \mathbf{P} - \mathbf{p}\mathbf{p}^{T}$, where $\...
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A question about permutation matrices
This question is trying to abstract out in a self-contained way the point that is probably being made in page 6 of this paper, https://arxiv.org/pdf/1604.03544.pdf and why Theorem 4.1 there works.
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Girth of the symmetric group
Let $n \in \mathbb N$ and $\{\sigma,\tau\} \subset {\rm Sym}(n)$ be a generating set.
Question: What is the maximal possible girth (if one varies $\sigma, \tau$) of the associated Cayley graph?
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Testing Randomness of Permutation Sequences
Maybe this question is too simple, but I couldn't find anything that is concerned with measuring how random a sequence of permutations of $n$ elements( w.l.o.g. of the numbers $\lbrace 1,\ \dots,\ n \...
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Sum of random permutation matrices
Let $A$ be a uniformly random $k\times k$ permutation matrix, and $A_1,\ldots, A_m$ be the $m$ independent copies of $A$. Here the uniform distribution is with respect to the $k!$ possible permutation ...
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Can one "smooth over" k-wise independence to get actual independence?
I came across the following toy problem and was curious if there was a simple solution or counterexample. Suppose you have a distribution $p$ on $m$ random variables $X_1, \ldots, X_m$, each with ...
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What is the probability that two random permutations have the same order?
I am interested in the orders of random permutations. Since the law of the logarithm of the order of a permutation converges to a normal law (for instance Erdös-Turan Statistical group theory III), ...
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irregular LDPC code construction algorithm
I want to construct a sparse random binary matrix ${{\bf{H}}_{m \times n}}$ that has the following properties
1- Faction of columns of weight $i$ is ${v_i}$ .
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fixed points of permutation groups
As is well-known (see, for example, a nice exposition by our own Qiaochu: https://qchu.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/fixed-points-of-random-permutations/) that the distribution of the number of fixed ...
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variance of the number of fixed points for a permutation group
It is reasonably well-known that the variance of the number of fixed points for $S_n$ equals $1.$ Now, what about other transitive permutation groups on $\{1, \dotsc, n\}?$ Presumably much is known. I ...
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Smooth bivariate functions identifiable under permutations
Consider a "smooth" $f : [0,1]^2 \to [0,1]$ and let $\pi : [n] \to [n]$ be a permutation of $[n] =\{1,\dots,n\}$. Let us define
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A^{f,\pi} := \Big( f\Big(\frac{\pi(i)}{n},\frac{\pi(j)}{n}\Big) \...
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Horizontal vs Vertical sides Exit from a Rectangle for simple symmetric Random Walk on $\textbf{Z}^{2}$
Consider simple symmetric random walk, $X_{n} = (X_{n}^{(1)}, X_{n}^{(2)})$ with $X_0= (0,0)$, on the 2 dimensional integer lattice, $\textbf{Z}^{2}$.
Let $T_{M}, T_{N}$ be the smallest $n$ such ...
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What is the probability of a given induced ordering of a random permutation?
I ran into the following problem in a calculation involving permutations.
Let $[n] = \{1,...,n\}$, and assume that $[n]$ is partitioned into equivalency classes. That is, $[n]$ is the disjoint union ...
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Partial sums of partitions
Suppose I have two random partitions of $N.$ ("random" really means "the cycle type of a random permutation", but if there is an answer with any definition, I am interested). The question is: what is ...
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Number of Permutations with k-inversions and with a single clamped value
This question is cross-posted from math.stackexchange because it might be too technical.
Let $S_n$ be the symmetric group. Recall that the number of inversions of a permutation $\sigma\in S_n$ is the ...
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Factorization of permutations.
Let $n,k$ be positive integers such that $3n=2k$ and $N = \lfloor \alpha n\rfloor$ for some constant $0<\alpha<1$. Let $S_{3n}$ denote the permutation group of order $3n$. Consider the following ...
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