On permutation weights and \(q\)-Eulerian polynomials (Q2189565)

\textit{W. Dugan} et al. [J. Comb. Theory, Ser. A 164, 24--49 (2019; Zbl 1407.05048)] using the weight of a permutation, defined a new \(q\)-analog of the Eulerian polynomials \(E_n(x,q)\). In this paper, two main results regarding permutation weights and the new \(q\)-Eulerian polynomials are presented. A stabilization phenomenon as \(n\) goes to infinity conjectured by Dugan et al. [loc. cit.], which gives an explicit formula for the formal power series \(W_d(t)\), extracted from \(E_n(x,q)\) was proved and a recurrence relation for the \(q\)-Eulerian polynomials \(E_n(x,q)\), similar to the known recurrence for the classical Eulerian polynomials \(A_n(x)\) was derived. Also, a recursive formula for the numbers of certain integer partitions was given. The authors conclude with a conjecture regarding the stabilized coefficients of \(W_d(t)\).