Algebraic structures defined on m-Dyck paths

Abstract: We introduce natural binary set-theoretical products on the set of all

m

-Dyck paths, which led us to define a non-symmetric algebraic operad

D y^{m}

, described on the vector space spanned by

m

-Dyck paths. Our construction is closely related to the

m

-Tamari lattice, so the products defining

D y^{m}

are given by intervals in this lattice. For

m = 1

, we recover the notion of dendriform algebra introduced by J.-L. Loday in cite{Lod}, and there exists a natural operad morphism from the operad

m b o x i t A s s

of associative algebras into the operad

D y^{m}

, consequently

D y^{m}

is a Hopf operad. We give a description of the coproduct in terms of

m

-Dyck paths in the last section. As an additional result, for any composition of

m + 1 g e q 2

with

r + 1

parts, we get a functor from the category of

D y^{m}

algebras into the category of

D y^{r}

algebras.

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