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A267323
The number of permutations in S_n with strategic pile of size 3.
4
0, 0, 0, 3, 12, 66, 432, 3240, 27360
OFFSET
1,4
COMMENTS
The strategic pile of permutation P=[a_1,...,a_n] is obtained from the disjoint cycle decomposition of the composition of the cycles (a_n, ..., a_1,0)(0,1, 2, ..., n). If 0 and n are not in the same cycle, the strategic pile of P is empty. Else, the terms appearing from n to 0, not including n or 0, in the cycle (n, ..., 0, ...) is the strategic pile of P.
The strategic pile of P=[3,2,4,1] is {1, 2, 3} which has size 3 because: (1,4,2,3,0)(0,1,2,3,4) = ( 4, 1, 3, 2, 0).
LINKS
K. L. M. Adamyk, E. Holmes, G. R. Mayfield, D. J. Moritz, M. Scheepers, B. E. Tenner, H. C. Wauck, Sorting Permutations: Games, Genomes, and Cycles, arXiv:1410.2353 [math.CO], 2014-2017.
Marisa Gaetz, Bethany Flanagan, Marion Scheepers, Meghan Shanks, Quantifying CDS Sortability of Permutations by Strategic Pile Size, arXiv:1811.11937 [math.CO], 2018.
EXAMPLE
a(4) = 3 because [3,2,4,1], [2,4,1,3] and [4,1,3,2] are the only elements of S_4 that each has a strategic pile of size 3.
CROSSREFS
A267324 gives the corresponding sequence for strategic piles of size 4.
A267391 gives the corresponding sequence for strategic piles of size 5.
Sequence in context: A290147 A007871 A214565 * A058790 A199746 A293302
KEYWORD
nonn,more
AUTHOR
Marion Scheepers, Jan 13 2016
STATUS
approved