Ricardo Mamede - A bijection between noncrossing and nonnesting partitions of types A and B

dmtcs:2686 - Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science, January 1, 2009, DMTCS Proceedings vol. AK, 21st International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC 2009) - https://doi.org/10.46298/dmtcs.2686
A bijection between noncrossing and nonnesting partitions of types A and BConference paper

Authors: Ricardo Mamede ORCID1

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[en]
The total number of noncrossing partitions of type $\Psi$ is the $n$th Catalan number $\frac{1}{ n+1} \binom{2n}{n}$ when $\Psi =A_{n-1}$, and the binomial coefficient $\binom{2n}{n}$ when $\Psi =B_n$, and these numbers coincide with the correspondent number of nonnesting partitions. For type $A$, there are several bijective proofs of this equality; in particular, the intuitive map, which locally converts each crossing to a nesting, is one of them. In this paper we present a bijection between nonnesting and noncrossing partitions of types $A$ and $B$ that generalizes the type $A$ bijection that locally converts each crossing to a nesting.

[fr]
Le nombre total des partitions non-croisées du type $\Psi$ est le $n$-ème nombre de Catalan $\frac{1}{ n+1} \binom{2n}{n}$ si $\Psi =A_{n-1}$, et le coefficient binomial $\binom{2n}{n}$ si $\Psi =B_n$, et ces nombres son coïncidents avec le nombre correspondant des partitions non-emboîtées. Pour le type $A$, il y a plusieurs preuves bijectives de cette égalité; en particulier, la intuitive fonction, qui convertit localement chaque croisée en une emboîtée, c'est un d'entre eux. Dans ce papier nous présentons une bijection entre partitions non-croisées et non-emboîtées des types $A$ et $B$ qui généralise la bijection du type $A$ qui localement convertit chaque croisée en une emboîtée.


Volume: DMTCS Proceedings vol. AK, 21st International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC 2009)
Section: Proceedings
Published on: January 1, 2009
Imported on: January 31, 2017
Keywords: [MATH.MATH-CO]Mathematics [math]/Combinatorics [math.CO], [INFO.INFO-DM]Computer Science [cs]/Discrete Mathematics [cs.DM], [en] Root systems, noncrossing partitions, nonnesting partitions, bijection

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