Cyclic pattern containment and avoidance

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Abstract: The study of pattern containment and avoidance for linear permutations is a well-established area of enumerative combinatorics. A cyclic permutation is the set of all rotations of a linear permutation. Callan initiated the study of permutation avoidance in cyclic permutations and characterized the avoidance classes for all single permutations of length 4. We continue this work. In particular, we establish a cyclic variant of the Erdos-Szekeres Theorem that any linear permutation of length mn+1 must contain either the increasing pattern of length m+1 or the decreasing pattern of length n+1. We then derive results about avoidance of multiple patterns of length 4. We also determine generating functions for the cyclic descent statistic on these classes. Finally, we end with various open questions and avenues for future research.


The study of pattern containment and avoidance for linear permutations is a well-established area of enumerative combinatorics. A cyclic permutation is the set of all rotations of a linear permutation. \textit{A. Vella} [Electron. J. Comb. 9, No. 2, Research paper R18, 43 p. (2003; Zbl 1035.05010)] and \textit{D. Callan} [``Pattern avoidance in circular permutations, Preprint, \url{arXiv:math/0210014}] independently initiated the study of permutation avoidance in cyclic permutations and characterized the avoidance classes for all single permutations of length 4. The authors derive results about avoidance of multiple patterns of length 4, and they determine generating functions for the cyclic descent statistic on these classes. They also consider consecutive pattern containment, and relate the generating functions for the number of occurrences of certain linear and cyclic patterns. Finally, they provide various open questions and avenues for future research.



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