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Main Authors: Archer, Kassie, Geary, Aaron
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.09369
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author Archer, Kassie
Geary, Aaron
author_facet Archer, Kassie
Geary, Aaron
contents We consider a few special cases of the more general question: How many permutations $π\in\mathcal{S}_n$ have the property that $π^2$ has $j$ descents for some $j$? In this paper, we first enumerate Grassmannian permutations $π$ by the number of descents in $π^2$. We then consider all permutations whose square has exactly one descent, fully enumerating when the descent is "small" and providing a lower bound in the general case. Finally, we enumerate permutations whose square or cube has the maximum number of descents, and finish the paper with a few future directions for study.
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spellingShingle Descents in powers of permutations
Archer, Kassie
Geary, Aaron
Combinatorics
We consider a few special cases of the more general question: How many permutations $π\in\mathcal{S}_n$ have the property that $π^2$ has $j$ descents for some $j$? In this paper, we first enumerate Grassmannian permutations $π$ by the number of descents in $π^2$. We then consider all permutations whose square has exactly one descent, fully enumerating when the descent is "small" and providing a lower bound in the general case. Finally, we enumerate permutations whose square or cube has the maximum number of descents, and finish the paper with a few future directions for study.
title Descents in powers of permutations
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.09369