On Hankel Determinants for Dyck Paths with Peaks Avoiding Multiple Classes of Heights

Hsu-Lin Chien, Sen-Peng Eu, Tung-Shan Fu

Published 2021-03-11Version 1

For any integer $m\ge 2$ and a set $V\subset \{1,\dots,m\}$, let $(m,V)$ denote the union of congruence classes of the elements in $V$ modulo $m$. We study the Hankel determinants for the number of Dyck paths with peaks avoiding the heights in the set $(m,V)$. For any set $V$ of even elements of an even modulo $m$, we give an explicit description of the sequence of Hankel determinants in terms of subsequences of arithmetic progression of integers. There are numerous instances for varied $(m,V)$ with periodic sequences of Hankel determinants. We present a sufficient condition for the set $(m,V)$ such that the sequence of Hankel determinants is periodic, including even and odd modulus $m$.