Abstract
Catalan words are a particular case of growth-restricted words. Here we give the bivariate generating function for bargraphs associated to Catalan words according to the semiperimeter and area statistics. Exact formulas to count Catalan bargraphs according to the two statistics are also found. We show a connection to the Narayana numbers. Finally, we give similar results for the exterior corner statistic.
| Original language | American English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 177-196 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Journal of Automata, Languages and Combinatorics |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- Catalan word
- area
- external corners
- generating function
- semiperimeter
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
- Computational Theory and Mathematics