An Alternative Proof for the Expected Number of Distinct Consecutive Patterns in a Random Permutation

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Auteurs principaux: Godbole, Anant, Swickheimer, Hannah
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author Godbole, Anant
Swickheimer, Hannah
author_facet Godbole, Anant
Swickheimer, Hannah
contents Let $π_n$ be a uniformly chosen random permutation on $[n]$. Using an analysis of the probability that two overlapping consecutive $k$-permutations are order isomorphic, the authors of a recent paper showed that the expected number of distinct consecutive patterns of all lengths $k\in\{1,2,\ldots,n\}$ in $π_n$ is $\frac{n^2}{2}(1-o(1))$ as $n\to\infty$. This exhibited the fact that random permutations pack consecutive patterns near-perfectly. We use entirely different methods, namely the Stein-Chen method of Poisson approximation, to reprove and slightly improve their result.
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spellingShingle An Alternative Proof for the Expected Number of Distinct Consecutive Patterns in a Random Permutation
Godbole, Anant
Swickheimer, Hannah
Combinatorics
Probability
05A99, 60C05
Let $π_n$ be a uniformly chosen random permutation on $[n]$. Using an analysis of the probability that two overlapping consecutive $k$-permutations are order isomorphic, the authors of a recent paper showed that the expected number of distinct consecutive patterns of all lengths $k\in\{1,2,\ldots,n\}$ in $π_n$ is $\frac{n^2}{2}(1-o(1))$ as $n\to\infty$. This exhibited the fact that random permutations pack consecutive patterns near-perfectly. We use entirely different methods, namely the Stein-Chen method of Poisson approximation, to reprove and slightly improve their result.
title An Alternative Proof for the Expected Number of Distinct Consecutive Patterns in a Random Permutation
topic Combinatorics
Probability
05A99, 60C05
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.14071