A logical limit law for $231$-avoiding permutations

We prove that the class of 231-avoiding permutations satisfies a logical limit law, i.e. that for any first-order sentence $\Psi$, in the language of two total orders, the probability $p_{n,\Psi}$ that a uniform random 231-avoiding permutation of size $n$ satisfies $\Psi$ admits a limit as $n$ is la...

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Main Authors: Michael Albert, Mathilde Bouvel, Valentin Féray, Marc Noy
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Published: Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science 2024-04-01
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description We prove that the class of 231-avoiding permutations satisfies a logical limit law, i.e. that for any first-order sentence $\Psi$, in the language of two total orders, the probability $p_{n,\Psi}$ that a uniform random 231-avoiding permutation of size $n$ satisfies $\Psi$ admits a limit as $n$ is large. Moreover, we establish two further results about the behavior and value of $p_{n,\Psi}$: (i) it is either bounded away from $0$, or decays exponentially fast; (ii) the set of possible limits is dense in $[0,1]$. Our tools come mainly from analytic combinatorics and singularity analysis.
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spelling doaj-art-c09d86b2f6804c109f24bfcaf7ad2df12025-08-20T02:51:42ZengDiscrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer ScienceDiscrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science1365-80502024-04-01vol. 26:1, Permutation...Special issues10.46298/dmtcs.1175111751A logical limit law for $231$-avoiding permutationsMichael AlbertMathilde BouvelValentin FérayMarc NoyWe prove that the class of 231-avoiding permutations satisfies a logical limit law, i.e. that for any first-order sentence $\Psi$, in the language of two total orders, the probability $p_{n,\Psi}$ that a uniform random 231-avoiding permutation of size $n$ satisfies $\Psi$ admits a limit as $n$ is large. Moreover, we establish two further results about the behavior and value of $p_{n,\Psi}$: (i) it is either bounded away from $0$, or decays exponentially fast; (ii) the set of possible limits is dense in $[0,1]$. Our tools come mainly from analytic combinatorics and singularity analysis.http://dmtcs.episciences.org/11751/pdfmathematics - combinatoricsmathematics - probability05a16, 60c05 (primary), 03c13 (secondary)
spellingShingle Michael Albert
Mathilde Bouvel
Valentin Féray
Marc Noy
A logical limit law for $231$-avoiding permutations
Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science
mathematics - combinatorics
mathematics - probability
05a16, 60c05 (primary), 03c13 (secondary)
title A logical limit law for $231$-avoiding permutations
title_full A logical limit law for $231$-avoiding permutations
title_fullStr A logical limit law for $231$-avoiding permutations
title_full_unstemmed A logical limit law for $231$-avoiding permutations
title_short A logical limit law for $231$-avoiding permutations
title_sort logical limit law for 231 avoiding permutations
topic mathematics - combinatorics
mathematics - probability
05a16, 60c05 (primary), 03c13 (secondary)
url http://dmtcs.episciences.org/11751/pdf
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