Generalized descent patterns in permutations and associated Hopf algebras

  • Authors:
  • Jean-Christophe Novelli;Christophe Reutenauer;Jean-Yves Thibon

  • Affiliations:
  • Institut Gaspard Monge, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, 5 Boulevard Descartes, Champs-sur-Marne, 77454 Marne-la-Vallée cedex 2, France;LaCIM, Université du Québec í Montréal, CP 8888, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal (Québec) H3C 3P8, Canada;Institut Gaspard Monge, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, 5 Boulevard Descartes, Champs-sur-Marne, 77454 Marne-la-Vallée cedex 2, France

  • Venue:
  • European Journal of Combinatorics
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Descents in permutations or words are defined from the relative position of two consecutive letters. We investigate a statistic involving patterns of k consecutive letters, and show that it leads to Hopf algebras generalizing noncommutative symmetric functions and quasi-symmetric functions.