{ "id": "1206.0966", "version": "v2", "published": "2012-06-05T15:43:49.000Z", "updated": "2012-06-10T12:04:45.000Z", "title": "Permutations all of whose patterns of a given length are distinct", "authors": [ "Peter Hegarty" ], "comment": "9 pages, no figures. This is Version 2: A small error at the very end of the proof in Section 2 has been corrected", "categories": [ "math.CO" ], "abstract": "For each integer k >= 2, let F(k) denote the largest n for which there exists a permutation \\sigma \\in S_n, all of whose patterns of length k are distinct. We prove that F(k) = k + \\lfloor \\sqrt{2k-3} \\rfloor + e_k, where e_k \\in {-1,0} for every k. Suggestions for further investigations along these lines are discussed.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v2", "updated": "2012-06-10T12:04:45.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "05A05", "05B40" ], "keywords": [ "permutation", "suggestions" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 9, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2012arXiv1206.0966H" } } }