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Main Authors: Choi, Yunseo, Gan, Katelyn, Li, Andrew, Zhu, Tiffany
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05113
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author Choi, Yunseo
Gan, Katelyn
Li, Andrew
Zhu, Tiffany
author_facet Choi, Yunseo
Gan, Katelyn
Li, Andrew
Zhu, Tiffany
contents Recently, Xia introduced a deterministic variation $ϕ_σ$ of Defant and Kravitz's stack-sorting maps for set partitions and showed that any set partition $p$ is sorted by $ϕ^{N(p)}_{aba}$, where $N(p)$ is the number of distinct alphabets in $p$. Xia then asked which set partitions $p$ are not sorted by $ϕ_{aba}^{N(p)-1}$. In this note, we prove that the minimal length of a set partition $p$ that is not sorted by $ϕ_{aba}^{N(p)-1}$ is $2N(p)$. Then we show that there is only one set partition of length $2N(p)$ and ${{N(p) + 1} \choose 2} + 2{N(p) \choose 2}$ set partitions of length $2N(p)+1$ that are not sorted by $ϕ_{aba}^{N(p)-1}$.
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spellingShingle On the set partitions that require maximum sorts through the $aba-$avoiding stack
Choi, Yunseo
Gan, Katelyn
Li, Andrew
Zhu, Tiffany
Combinatorics
Recently, Xia introduced a deterministic variation $ϕ_σ$ of Defant and Kravitz's stack-sorting maps for set partitions and showed that any set partition $p$ is sorted by $ϕ^{N(p)}_{aba}$, where $N(p)$ is the number of distinct alphabets in $p$. Xia then asked which set partitions $p$ are not sorted by $ϕ_{aba}^{N(p)-1}$. In this note, we prove that the minimal length of a set partition $p$ that is not sorted by $ϕ_{aba}^{N(p)-1}$ is $2N(p)$. Then we show that there is only one set partition of length $2N(p)$ and ${{N(p) + 1} \choose 2} + 2{N(p) \choose 2}$ set partitions of length $2N(p)+1$ that are not sorted by $ϕ_{aba}^{N(p)-1}$.
title On the set partitions that require maximum sorts through the $aba-$avoiding stack
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05113