Hu, Yangzhou

On the number of fixed-length semiorders

J. Integer Seq. 17(1), Article 14.1.6, 23 p., electronic only (2014)

Summary

Summary: A semiorder is a partially ordered set $P$ with two certain forbidden induced sub-posets. This paper establishes a bijection between $n$-element semiorders of length $H$ and $(n + 1)$-node ordered trees of height $H + 1$. This bijection preserves not only the number of elements, but also much additional structure. Based on this correspondence, we calculate the generating functions and explicit formulas for the numbers of labeled and unlabeled $n$-element semiorders of length $H$. We also prove several concise recurrence relations and provide combinatorial proofs for special cases of the explicit formulas.

Mathematics Subject Classification

05A15, 05A19

Keywords/Phrases

semiorder, ordered tree, Dyck path

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