Composition schemes: q-enumerations and phase transitions

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Hauptverfasser: Banderier, Cyril, Kuba, Markus, Wagner, Stephan, Wallner, Michael
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author Banderier, Cyril
Kuba, Markus
Wagner, Stephan
Wallner, Michael
author_facet Banderier, Cyril
Kuba, Markus
Wagner, Stephan
Wallner, Michael
contents Composition schemes are ubiquitous in combinatorics, statistical mechanics and probability theory. We give a unifying explanation to various phenomena observed in the combinatorial and statistical physics literature in the context of~$q$-enumeration (this is a model where objects with a parameter of value $k$ have a Gibbs measure/Boltzmann weight $q^k$). For structures enumerated by a composition scheme, we prove a phase transition for any parameter having such a Gibbs measure: for a critical value $q=q_c$, the limit law of the parameter is a two-parameter Mittag-Leffler distribution, while it is Gaussian in the supercritical regime ($q>q_c$), and it is a Boltzmann distribution in the subcritical regime ($0<q<q_c$). We apply our results to fundamental statistics of lattice paths and quarter-plane walks. We also explain previously observed limit laws for pattern-restricted permutations, and a phenomenon uncovered by Krattenthaler for the wall contacts in watermelons.
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spellingShingle Composition schemes: q-enumerations and phase transitions
Banderier, Cyril
Kuba, Markus
Wagner, Stephan
Wallner, Michael
Combinatorics
Probability
60C05, 60E07, 60G50
Composition schemes are ubiquitous in combinatorics, statistical mechanics and probability theory. We give a unifying explanation to various phenomena observed in the combinatorial and statistical physics literature in the context of~$q$-enumeration (this is a model where objects with a parameter of value $k$ have a Gibbs measure/Boltzmann weight $q^k$). For structures enumerated by a composition scheme, we prove a phase transition for any parameter having such a Gibbs measure: for a critical value $q=q_c$, the limit law of the parameter is a two-parameter Mittag-Leffler distribution, while it is Gaussian in the supercritical regime ($q>q_c$), and it is a Boltzmann distribution in the subcritical regime ($0<q<q_c$). We apply our results to fundamental statistics of lattice paths and quarter-plane walks. We also explain previously observed limit laws for pattern-restricted permutations, and a phenomenon uncovered by Krattenthaler for the wall contacts in watermelons.
title Composition schemes: q-enumerations and phase transitions
topic Combinatorics
Probability
60C05, 60E07, 60G50
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.17226