Profile and hereditary classes of ordered relational structures

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Abstract: Let mathfrakC be a class of finite combinatorial structures. The extit{profile} of mathfrakC is the function varphimathfrakC which counts, for every integer n, the number varphimathfrakC(n) of members of mathfrakC defined on n elements, isomorphic structures been identified. The extit{generating function of} mathfrakC is mathcalHmathfrakC(x):=sumngeqq0varphimathfrakC(n)xn. Many results about the behavior of the function varphimathfrakC have been obtained. Albert and Atkinson have shown that the generating series of several classes of permutations are algebraic. In this paper, we show how their results extend to classes of ordered binary relational structures; putting emphasis on the notion of hereditary well quasi order, we discuss some of their questions and answer one.









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