• Title of article

    Counting permutations by their alternating runs

  • Author/Authors

    Canfield، نويسنده , , E. Rodney and Wilf، نويسنده , , Herbert S.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
  • Pages
    13
  • From page
    213
  • To page
    225
  • Abstract
    We find a formula for the number of permutations of [ n ] that have exactly s runs up and down. The formula is at once terminating, asymptotic, and exact. The asymptotic series is valid for n → ∞ , uniformly for s ⩽ ( 1 − ϵ ) n / log n ( ϵ > 0 ).
  • Keywords
    Alternating runs , Increasing and decreasing subsequences , Permutations , Asymptotic series , Exact formula
  • Journal title
    Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A
  • Record number

    1531267