Bruhat order on fixed-point-free involutions in the symmetric group (Q405213)

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Bruhat order on fixed-point-free involutions in the symmetric group
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    Bruhat order on fixed-point-free involutions in the symmetric group (English)
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    4 September 2014
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    Summary: We provide a structural description of Bruhat order on the set \(F_{2n}\) of fixed-point-free involutions in the symetric group \(S_{2n}\) which yields a combinatorial proof of a combinatorial identity that is an expansion of its rank-generating function. The decomposition is accomplished via a natural poset congruence, which yields a new interpretation and proof of a combinatorial identity that counts the number of rook placements on the Ferrers boards lying under all Dyck paths of a given length \(2n\). Additionally, this result extends naturally to prove new combinatorial identities that sum over other Catalan objects: 312-avoiding permutations, plane forests, and binary trees.
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    Bruhat order
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    fixed-point-free involutions
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    Dyck paths
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    rook placements
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