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Main Author: Zhang, Jerry
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.10779
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author Zhang, Jerry
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contents We study the behavior of West's stack-sorting map $s$ on permutations whose last entry is also their least. Let $S_{n}':=\{\pi0\mid π\in S_n\}$ where $\pi0$ denotes the concatenation of $π$ and $0$. For each permutation $π\in S_n'$, we introduce a new combinatorial object known as the stack-sorting tableau $T_π$, which ultimately serves as the key ingredient in the first polynomial time algorithm for counting the number of $t$-stack-sortable permutations in $S_n'$. We then establish a precise relationship between the behavior of $s$ on $S_{n}'$ and on $S_{n}$.
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spellingShingle Polynomial Time Enumeration of t-Stack-Sortable Permutations Ending in Their Least Entry
Zhang, Jerry
Combinatorics
05A05
We study the behavior of West's stack-sorting map $s$ on permutations whose last entry is also their least. Let $S_{n}':=\{\pi0\mid π\in S_n\}$ where $\pi0$ denotes the concatenation of $π$ and $0$. For each permutation $π\in S_n'$, we introduce a new combinatorial object known as the stack-sorting tableau $T_π$, which ultimately serves as the key ingredient in the first polynomial time algorithm for counting the number of $t$-stack-sortable permutations in $S_n'$. We then establish a precise relationship between the behavior of $s$ on $S_{n}'$ and on $S_{n}$.
title Polynomial Time Enumeration of t-Stack-Sortable Permutations Ending in Their Least Entry
topic Combinatorics
05A05
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.10779