Noncontiguous Pattern Containment in Binary Trees
Author(s) -
Lara Pudwell,
Connor Scholten,
Tyler Schrock,
Alexa Serrato
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
isrn combinatorics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2090-8911
DOI - 10.1155/2014/316535
Subject(s) - binary number , binary tree , tree (set theory) , path (computing) , enumeration , computer science , algorithm , mathematics , combinatorics , arithmetic , programming language
We consider the enumeration of binary trees containing noncontiguous binary tree patterns. First, we show that any two -leaf binary trees are contained in the set of all -leaf trees the same number of times. We give a functional equation for the multivariate generating function for number of -leaf trees containing a specified number of copies of any path tree, and we analyze tree patterns with at most 4 leaves. The paper concludes with implications for pattern containment in permutations.
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