{ "id": "1406.3081", "version": "v3", "published": "2014-06-11T22:23:51.000Z", "updated": "2015-03-29T02:03:23.000Z", "title": "Integer sequences and k-commuting permutations", "authors": [ "Luis Manuel Rivera" ], "comment": "20 pages, 8 tables. In the second version some paragraphs and proofs were rewritten. V3 is a revised version, one reference added", "categories": [ "math.CO" ], "abstract": "Let $\\beta$ be any permutation on $n$ symbols and let $c(k, \\beta)$ be the number of permutations that $k$-commute with $\\beta$. The cycle type of a permutation $\\beta$ is a vector $(c_1, \\dots, c_n)$ such that $\\beta$ has exactly $c_i$ cycles of length $i$ in its disjoint cycle factorization. In this article we obtain formulas for $c(k, \\beta)$, for some cycle types. We also express these formulas in terms of integer sequences as given in \"The On-line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences\" (OEIS). For some of these sequences we obtain either new interpretations or relationships with sequences in the OEIS database.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v2", "updated": "2014-06-26T20:23:54.000Z", "abstract": "Let $\\beta$ be any permutation of $n$ symbols and let $c(k, \\beta)$ be the number of permutations that $k$-commute with $\\beta$. The cycle type of a permutation $\\beta$ is a vector $(c_1, \\dots, c_n)$ that means that $\\beta$ has exactly $c_i$ cycles of length $i$ in its disjoint cycle factorization. It is known that $c(k, \\beta)$ only depends of the cycle type of $\\beta$. In this article we obtain formulas for $c(k, \\beta)$, for some cycle types. Also we express these formulas in terms of integer sequences in \"The On-line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences\" (OEIS). As an application we obtain some relations between sequences in OEIS or new interpretations for some of these sequences.", "comment": "20 pages, 8 tables. In the second version some paragraphs and proofs were rewritten", "journal": null, "doi": null }, { "version": "v3", "updated": "2015-03-29T02:03:23.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "05A05", "05A15", "11B99" ], "keywords": [ "integer sequences", "k-commuting permutations", "cycle type", "disjoint cycle factorization", "on-line encyclopedia" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 20, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2014arXiv1406.3081R" } } }