Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4655272 Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A 2015 18 Pages PDF
Abstract

The graph of overlapping permutations is defined in a way analogous to the De Bruijn graph on strings of symbols. That is, for every permutation π=π1π2⋯πn+1π=π1π2⋯πn+1 there is a directed edge from the standardization of π1π2⋯πnπ1π2⋯πn to the standardization of π2π3⋯πn+1π2π3⋯πn+1. We give a formula for the number of cycles of length d in the subgraph of overlapping 312-avoiding permutations. Using this we also give a refinement of the enumeration of 312-avoiding affine permutations and point out some open problems on this graph, which so far has been little studied.

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