Generalized Catalan numbers from hypergraphs

DOI10.37236/8733zbMATH Open1459.05006arXiv2102.05121OpenAlexW3138630701MaRDI QIDQ2656907FDOQ2656907

Authors: Paul E. Gunnells 

Publication date: 17 March 2021

Published in: The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Catalan numbers (C_n)_{n >= 0} = 1,1,2,5,14,42,... form one of the most venerable sequences in combinatorics. They have many combinatorial interpretations, from counting bracketings of products in non-associative algebra to counting plane trees and noncrossing set partitions. They also arise in the GUE matrix model as the leading coefficient of certain polynomials, a connection closely related to the plane trees and noncrossing set partitions interpretations. In this paper we define a generalization of the Catalan numbers. In fact we define an infinite collection of generalizations C_n^(m), m >= 1, with m=1 giving the usual Catalans. The sequence C_n^(m) comes from studying certain matrix models attached to hypergraphs. We also give some combinatorial interpretations of these numbers, and conjecture some asymptotics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.05121

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zbMATH Keywords

hypergraph Catalan numberswalks on trees

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Partitions of sets (05A18) Factorials, binomial coefficients, combinatorial functions (05A10) Binomial coefficients; factorials; (q)-identities (11B65)

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