Interval and $\ell$-interval Rational Parking Functions

Fuente: arXiv
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aguilar-Fraga, Tomás, Elder, Jennifer, Garcia, Rebecca E., Hadaway, Kimberly P., Harris, Pamela E., Harry, Kimberly J., Hogan, Imhotep B., Johnson, Jakeyl, Kretschmann, Jan, Lawson-Chavanu, Kobe, Mori, J. Carlos Martínez, Monroe, Casandra D., Quiñonez, Daniel, Tolson III, Dirk, Williams II, Dwight Anderson
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
Subjects:
Online Access:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866915006128324608
author Aguilar-Fraga, Tomás
Elder, Jennifer
Garcia, Rebecca E.
Hadaway, Kimberly P.
Harris, Pamela E.
Harry, Kimberly J.
Hogan, Imhotep B.
Johnson, Jakeyl
Kretschmann, Jan
Lawson-Chavanu, Kobe
Mori, J. Carlos Martínez
Monroe, Casandra D.
Quiñonez, Daniel
Tolson III, Dirk
Williams II, Dwight Anderson
author_facet Aguilar-Fraga, Tomás
Elder, Jennifer
Garcia, Rebecca E.
Hadaway, Kimberly P.
Harris, Pamela E.
Harry, Kimberly J.
Hogan, Imhotep B.
Johnson, Jakeyl
Kretschmann, Jan
Lawson-Chavanu, Kobe
Mori, J. Carlos Martínez
Monroe, Casandra D.
Quiñonez, Daniel
Tolson III, Dirk
Williams II, Dwight Anderson
contents Interval parking functions are a generalization of parking functions in which cars have an interval preference for their parking. We generalize this definition to parking functions with $n$ cars and $m\geq n$ parking spots, which we call interval rational parking functions and provide a formula for their enumeration. By specifying an integer parameter $\ell\geq 0$, we then consider the subset of interval rational parking functions in which each car parks at most $\ell$ spots away from their initial preference. We call these $\ell$-interval rational parking functions and provide recursive formulas to enumerate this set for all positive integers $m\geq n$ and $\ell$. We also establish formulas for the number of nondecreasing $\ell$-interval rational parking functions via the outcome map on rational parking functions. We also consider the intersection between $\ell$-interval parking functions and Fubini rankings and show the enumeration of these sets is given by generalized Fibonacci numbers. We conclude by specializing $\ell=1$, and establish that the set of $1$-interval rational parking functions with $n$ cars and $m$ spots are in bijection with the set of barred preferential arrangements of $[n]$ with $m-n$ bars. This readily implies enumerative formulas. Further, in the case where $\ell=1$, we recover the results of Hadaway and Harris that unit interval parking functions are in bijection with the set of Fubini rankings, which are enumerated by the Fubini numbers.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2311_14055
institution arXiv
publishDate 2023
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Interval and $\ell$-interval Rational Parking Functions
Aguilar-Fraga, Tomás
Elder, Jennifer
Garcia, Rebecca E.
Hadaway, Kimberly P.
Harris, Pamela E.
Harry, Kimberly J.
Hogan, Imhotep B.
Johnson, Jakeyl
Kretschmann, Jan
Lawson-Chavanu, Kobe
Mori, J. Carlos Martínez
Monroe, Casandra D.
Quiñonez, Daniel
Tolson III, Dirk
Williams II, Dwight Anderson
Combinatorics
05A05, 05A15, 05A18, 05A19
Interval parking functions are a generalization of parking functions in which cars have an interval preference for their parking. We generalize this definition to parking functions with $n$ cars and $m\geq n$ parking spots, which we call interval rational parking functions and provide a formula for their enumeration. By specifying an integer parameter $\ell\geq 0$, we then consider the subset of interval rational parking functions in which each car parks at most $\ell$ spots away from their initial preference. We call these $\ell$-interval rational parking functions and provide recursive formulas to enumerate this set for all positive integers $m\geq n$ and $\ell$. We also establish formulas for the number of nondecreasing $\ell$-interval rational parking functions via the outcome map on rational parking functions. We also consider the intersection between $\ell$-interval parking functions and Fubini rankings and show the enumeration of these sets is given by generalized Fibonacci numbers. We conclude by specializing $\ell=1$, and establish that the set of $1$-interval rational parking functions with $n$ cars and $m$ spots are in bijection with the set of barred preferential arrangements of $[n]$ with $m-n$ bars. This readily implies enumerative formulas. Further, in the case where $\ell=1$, we recover the results of Hadaway and Harris that unit interval parking functions are in bijection with the set of Fubini rankings, which are enumerated by the Fubini numbers.
title Interval and $\ell$-interval Rational Parking Functions
topic Combinatorics
05A05, 05A15, 05A18, 05A19
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.14055