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Main Author: Xu, Ruijie
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Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.11960
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contents The enumeration of quarter-plane lattice walks with small steps is a classical problem in combinatorics. An effective approach is the kernel method, where the solution is derived by positive term extraction. Alternatively, one may reduce the lattice walk problem to a Carleman-type Riemann boundary value problem (RBVP) and solve it via analytic method. In the RBVP framework, two parameters govern the solution: the index $χ$ the conformal gluing function $w(x)$. In this paper, we propose a combinatorial insight into the RBVP approach. We show that the index corresponds to the canonical factorization in the kernel method. The conformal gluing function can be viewed as a mapping that enables the application of positive term extraction. The combinatorial insight of RBVP establishes a unifying link between the kernel method, the RBVP approach and the Tutte's invariants method.
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spellingShingle Combinatorial Insight of Riemann Boundary Value Problem in Lattice Walk Problems
Xu, Ruijie
Combinatorics
The enumeration of quarter-plane lattice walks with small steps is a classical problem in combinatorics. An effective approach is the kernel method, where the solution is derived by positive term extraction. Alternatively, one may reduce the lattice walk problem to a Carleman-type Riemann boundary value problem (RBVP) and solve it via analytic method. In the RBVP framework, two parameters govern the solution: the index $χ$ the conformal gluing function $w(x)$. In this paper, we propose a combinatorial insight into the RBVP approach. We show that the index corresponds to the canonical factorization in the kernel method. The conformal gluing function can be viewed as a mapping that enables the application of positive term extraction. The combinatorial insight of RBVP establishes a unifying link between the kernel method, the RBVP approach and the Tutte's invariants method.
title Combinatorial Insight of Riemann Boundary Value Problem in Lattice Walk Problems
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.11960