Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4654470 | European Journal of Combinatorics | 2006 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The bibasic trigonometric functions , recently introduced by Foata and Han, give rise to the p,qp,q-tangent numbers and the p,qp,q-secant numbers . Foata and Han proposed a combinatorial interpretation of these bibasic coefficients as enumerations of alternating permutations by the bi-statistic (inv1,inv2). Under this interpretation, the symmetry of the bibasic trigonometric functions yields a combinatorial identity. A combinatorial proof of the identity is desired. For permutations of even order, this has already been given by Foata and Han. Here we give a proof for permutations of odd order.
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Authors
Dan Bernstein,