Compositions into powers of b: asymptotic enumeration and parameters

DOI10.1007/S00453-015-0061-3zbMATH Open1344.05016arXiv1410.4331OpenAlexW2125515704WikidataQ59461597 ScholiaQ59461597MaRDI QIDQ308944FDOQ308944

Daniel Krenn, Stephan Wagner

Publication date: 6 September 2016

Published in: Algorithmica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For a fixed integer base $bgeq2$, we consider the number of compositions of $1$ into a given number of powers of $b$ and, related, the maximum number of representations a positive integer can have as an ordered sum of powers of $b$. We study the asymptotic growth of those numbers and give precise asymptotic formulae for them, thereby improving on earlier results of Molteni. Our approach uses generating functions, which we obtain from infinite transfer matrices. With the same techniques the distribution of the largest denominator and the number of distinct parts are investigated.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.4331

zbMATH Keywords

compositionsasymptotic enumerationinfinite transfer matricespowers of 2

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic enumeration (05A16) Combinatorial aspects of partitions of integers (05A17) Other combinatorial number theory (11B75) Other number representations (11A67)

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