Mixed Dimer Models for Euler and Catalan Numbers

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Main Authors: Claussen, Andrew, Ovenhouse, Nicholas
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Published: 2025
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author Claussen, Andrew
Ovenhouse, Nicholas
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Ovenhouse, Nicholas
contents We study the enumeration of mixed dimer covers on skew Young diagrams of ribbon shape (also called border strips or snake graphs). For the two extreme cases of straight and zigzag shapes, we show that the number of mixed dimer covers are given by the Euler and Catalan numbers. We also give q-analogs by showing that the rank generating functions of the partial orders on mixed dimer covers agree with certain q-Euler and q-Catalan numbers. These q-analogs are a consequence of an isomorphism between the partial order on mixed dimer covers and the so-called middle order on certain classes of permutations.
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spellingShingle Mixed Dimer Models for Euler and Catalan Numbers
Claussen, Andrew
Ovenhouse, Nicholas
Combinatorics
We study the enumeration of mixed dimer covers on skew Young diagrams of ribbon shape (also called border strips or snake graphs). For the two extreme cases of straight and zigzag shapes, we show that the number of mixed dimer covers are given by the Euler and Catalan numbers. We also give q-analogs by showing that the rank generating functions of the partial orders on mixed dimer covers agree with certain q-Euler and q-Catalan numbers. These q-analogs are a consequence of an isomorphism between the partial order on mixed dimer covers and the so-called middle order on certain classes of permutations.
title Mixed Dimer Models for Euler and Catalan Numbers
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.11936