Square-bounded partitions and Catalan numbers

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DOI10.1007/S10801-010-0260-6zbMATH Open1243.05028arXiv0912.4983OpenAlexW2069221400MaRDI QIDQ639917FDOQ639917


Authors: Juan-Miguel Gracia Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 11 October 2011

Published in: Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For each integer kge1, we define an algorithm which associates to a partition whose maximal value is at most k a certain subset of all partitions. In the case when we begin with a partition lambda which is square, i.e lambda=lambda1ge...gelambdak>0, and lambda1=k,lambdak=1, then applying the algorithm ell times gives rise to a set whose cardinality is either the Catalan number cellk+1 (the self dual case) or twice the Catalan number. The algorithm defines a tree and we study the propagation of the tree, which is not in the isomorphism class of the usual Catalan tree. The algorithm can also be modified to produce a two--parameter family of sets and the resulting cardinalities of the sets are the ballot numbers. Finally, we give a conjecture on the rank of a particular module for the ring of symmetric functions in 2ell+m variables.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.4983




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