{ "id": "0812.0143", "version": "v2", "published": "2008-11-30T15:00:08.000Z", "updated": "2009-02-03T15:59:28.000Z", "title": "Permutations sortable by n-4 passes through a stack", "authors": [ "Anders Claesson", "Mark Dukes", "Einar Steingrimsson" ], "comment": "6 pages", "categories": [ "math.CO" ], "abstract": "We characterise and enumerate permutations that are sortable by n-4 passes through a stack. We conjecture the number of permutations sortable by n-5 passes, and also the form of a formula for the general case n-k, which involves a polynomial expression.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v2", "updated": "2009-02-03T15:59:28.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "permutations sortable", "general case n-k", "enumerate permutations", "polynomial expression", "characterise" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 6, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2008arXiv0812.0143C" } } }