Modular, k-noncrossing diagrams

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Abstract: In this paper we compute the generating function of modular, k-noncrossing diagrams. A k-noncrossing diagram is called modular if it does not contains any isolated arcs and any arc has length at least four. Modular diagrams represent the deformation retracts of RNA pseudoknot structures cite{Stadler:99,Reidys:07pseu,Reidys:07lego} and their properties reflect basic features of these bio-molecules. The particular case of modular noncrossing diagrams has been extensively studied cite{Waterman:78b, Waterman:79,Waterman:93, Schuster:98}. Let sfQk(n) denote the number of modular k-noncrossing diagrams over n vertices. We derive exact enumeration results as well as the asymptotic formula sfQk(n)simckn(k1)2frack12gammakn for k=3,...,9 and derive a new proof of the formula sfQ2(n)sim1.4848,n3/2,1.8489n cite{Schuster:98}.









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