Let denote the number of permutations on the symmetric group which avoid as a subpattern, where " contains as a subpattern" is interpreted to mean that there exist such that for ,
iff .
For example, a permutation contains the pattern (123) iff it has an ascending subsequence of length three. Here, note that members need not actually be consecutive, merely ascending (Wilf 1997). Therefore, of the partitions of , all but (i.e., , , , , and ) contain the pattern (12) (i.e., an increasing subsequence of length two).
The following table gives the numbers of pattern-matching permutations of , , ..., numbers for various patterns of length .
pattern | OEIS | number of pattern-matching permutations |
1 | A000142 | 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, 720, 5040, ... |
12 | A033312 | 1, 5, 23, 119, 719, 5039, 40319, ... |
A056986 | 1, 10, 78, 588, 4611, 38890, ... | |
1234 | A158005 | 1, 17, 207, 2279, 24553, ... |
1324 | A158009 | 1, 17, 207, 2278, 24527, ... |
1342 | A158006 | 1, 17, 208, 2300, 24835, ... |
The following table gives the numbers of pattern-avoiding permutations of for various sets of patterns.
Wilf class | OEIS | number of pattern-avoiding permutations |
A000108 | 1, 2, 5, 14, 42, 132, ... | |
123, 132, 213 | A000027 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, ... |
132, 231, 321 | A000027 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, ... |
123, 132, 3214 | A000073 | 1, 2, 4, 7, 13, 24, 44, 81, 149, ... |
123, 132, 3241 | A000071 | 1, 2, 7, 12, 20, 33, 54, 88, 143, ... |
123, 132, 3412 | A000124 | 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, 22, 29, 37, 46, ... |
123, 231, | A004275 | 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, ... |
123, 231, | A000124 | 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, 22, 29, 37, 46, ... |
123, 231, 4321 | 1, 2, 4, 6, 3, 1, 0, ... | |
132, 213, 1234 | A000073 | 1, 2, 4, 7, 13, 24, 44, 81, 149, ... |
213, 231, | A000124 | 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, 22, 29, 37, 46, ... |
Abbreviations used in the above table are summarized below.
abbreviation | patterns in class |
123, 132, 213, 232, 312, 321 | |
1432, 2143, 3214, 4132, 4213, 4312 | |
1234, 1243, 1324, 1342, 1423, 2134, 2314, 2341, 2413, 2431, 3124, 3142, 3241, 3412, 3421, 4123, 4231 | |
1234, 1243, 1423, 1432 |