Minimal Factorizations of Permutations into Star Transpositions

J. Irving; A. Rattan

doi:10.46298/dmtcs.3595

J. Irving ; A. Rattan - Minimal Factorizations of Permutations into Star Transpositions

dmtcs:3595 - Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science, January 1, 2008, DMTCS Proceedings vol. AJ, 20th Annual International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC 2008) - https://doi.org/10.46298/dmtcs.3595

Minimal Factorizations of Permutations into Star TranspositionsArticle

Authors: J. Irving ¹; A. Rattan ²

1 Department of Mathematics and Computing Science [Halifax]
2 Department of Mathematics [Cambridge]

We give a compact expression for the number of factorizations of any permutation into a minimal number of transpositions of the form $(1 i)$. Our result generalizes earlier work of Pak ($\textit{Reduced decompositions of permutations in terms of star transpositions, generalized catalan numbers and k-ary trees}$, Discrete Math. $\textbf{204}$:329―335, 1999) in which substantial restrictions were placed on the permutation being factored.

https://doi.org/10.46298/dmtcs.3595

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Volume: DMTCS Proceedings vol. AJ, 20th Annual International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC 2008)

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Published on: January 1, 2008

Imported on: May 10, 2017

Keywords: star transpositions,factorizations,permutations,symmetric group,[MATH.MATH-CO] Mathematics [math]/Combinatorics [math.CO],[INFO.INFO-DM] Computer Science [cs]/Discrete Mathematics [cs.DM]

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Funder: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

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