Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 16 (2013), Article 13.5.3

Recursive Bijections for Catalan Objects


Stefan Forcey
Department of Mathematics
The University of Akron
Akron, OH 44325-4002
USA

Mohammadmehdi Kafashan and Mehdi Maleki
Department of Electrical Engineering
The University of Akron
Akron, OH 44325-4002
USA

Michael Strayer
Department of Mathematics
The University of Akron
Akron, OH 44325-4002
USA

Abstract:

In this note we introduce several instructive examples of bijections found between several different combinatorially defined sequences ofsets. Each sequence has cardinalities given by the Catalan numbers. Our results answer some questions posed by R. Stanley in the addendum to his textbook. We actually discuss two types of bijection, one defined recursively and the other defined in a more local, relative, fashion. It is interesting to compare the results of the two.


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(Concerned with sequence A000108.)


Received December 1 2012; revised version received February 24 2013; May 2 2013. Published in Journal of Integer Sequences, May 9 2013.


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