Generalized Stack Permutations

  • Authors:
  • M. D. Atkinson

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, Scotland (e-mail: mda@dcs.st-and.ac.uk)

  • Venue:
  • Combinatorics, Probability and Computing
  • Year:
  • 1998

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Abstract

Stacks which allow elements to be pushed into any of the top r positions and popped from any of the top s positions are studied. An asymptotic formula for the number un of permutations of length n sortable by such a stack is found in the cases r=1 or s=1. This formula is found from the generating function of un. The sortable permutations are characterized if r=1 or s=1 or r=s=2 by a forbidden subsequence condition.