A probabilistic bijection between twenty-vertex configurations with a free west boundary and Gelfand-Tsetlin patterns avoiding three equal entries in a row

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Main Author: Yoshida, Atsuro
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contents We study a coincidence between two enumerations governed by the same product formula, reminiscent of the Robbins numbers: the unweighted enumeration of twenty-vertex configurations on quadrangular domains with fixed west boundary, and the weighted enumeration of Gelfand-Tsetlin patterns avoiding three equal entries in a row. This coincidence naturally raises the question of whether there is a combinatorial explanation relating these two enumerations. In this paper, we provide such an explanation by constructing a probabilistic bijection between twenty-vertex configurations on quadrangular domains and Gelfand-Tsetlin patterns avoiding three equal entries in a row. Under this probabilistic bijection, the west boundary of a twenty-vertex configuration corresponds to the bottom row of Gelfand-Tsetlin patterns; in particular, the fixed boundary case corresponds to Gelfand-Tsetlin patterns with bottom row $(1, 2, \ldots, n)$. Combining this correspondence with an enumeration formula of Fischer and Schreier-Aigner for Gelfand-Tsetlin pattern avoiding three equal entries in a row with bounded entries, we obtain an enumeration formula for twenty-vertex configurations with a free west boundary.
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spellingShingle A probabilistic bijection between twenty-vertex configurations with a free west boundary and Gelfand-Tsetlin patterns avoiding three equal entries in a row
Yoshida, Atsuro
Combinatorics
Primary 05A19, Secondary 05A15, 82B20
We study a coincidence between two enumerations governed by the same product formula, reminiscent of the Robbins numbers: the unweighted enumeration of twenty-vertex configurations on quadrangular domains with fixed west boundary, and the weighted enumeration of Gelfand-Tsetlin patterns avoiding three equal entries in a row. This coincidence naturally raises the question of whether there is a combinatorial explanation relating these two enumerations. In this paper, we provide such an explanation by constructing a probabilistic bijection between twenty-vertex configurations on quadrangular domains and Gelfand-Tsetlin patterns avoiding three equal entries in a row. Under this probabilistic bijection, the west boundary of a twenty-vertex configuration corresponds to the bottom row of Gelfand-Tsetlin patterns; in particular, the fixed boundary case corresponds to Gelfand-Tsetlin patterns with bottom row $(1, 2, \ldots, n)$. Combining this correspondence with an enumeration formula of Fischer and Schreier-Aigner for Gelfand-Tsetlin pattern avoiding three equal entries in a row with bounded entries, we obtain an enumeration formula for twenty-vertex configurations with a free west boundary.
title A probabilistic bijection between twenty-vertex configurations with a free west boundary and Gelfand-Tsetlin patterns avoiding three equal entries in a row
topic Combinatorics
Primary 05A19, Secondary 05A15, 82B20
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.21151