The Depth of Compositions

Aubrey Blecher, Charlotte Brennan, Arnold Knopfmacher, Toufik Mansour

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Abstract

In this paper we consider compositions of n as bargraphs. The depth of a cell inside this graphical representation is the minimum number of horizontal and/or vertical unit steps that are needed to exit to the outside. The depth of the composition is the maximum depth over all cells of the composition. We use finite automata to study the generating function for the number of compositions having a depth of at least r.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)69-76
Number of pages8
JournalMathematics in Computer Science
Volume14
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2020

Keywords

  • Automaton
  • Composition
  • Generating function

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computational Mathematics
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Applied Mathematics

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