Shape avoiding permutations

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Abstract

Permutations avoiding all patterns of a given shape (in the sense of Robinson, Schensted, and Knuth) are considered. We show that the shapes of all such permutations are contained in a suitable thick hook and deduce an exponential growth rate for their number.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)162-176
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A
Volume97
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
1Both authors supported in part by the Israel Science Foundation and by internal research grants from Bar-Ilan University.

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