Tree-like properties of cycle factorizations

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Abstract: We provide a bijection between the set of factorizations, that is, ordered (n-1)-tuples of transpositions in mathcalSn whose product is (12...n), and labelled trees on n vertices. We prove a refinement of a theorem of D'{e}nes that establishes new tree-like properties of factorizations. In particular, we show that a certain class of transpositions of a factorization correspond naturally under our bijection to leaf edges of a tree. Moreover, we give a generalization of this fact.


This paper provides a new bijection between the set of factorizations of the permutation \((123\dots n)\) into an ordered \((n-1)\)-tuple of transpositions, and labelled trees on \(n\) vertices. Unlike earlier bijections, the new bijection connects some natural objects to natural objects, like transpositions of consecutive pairs correspond to leaves in the tree. This new bijection may help in the combinatorial understanding of minimal transitive factorization of permutations.




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