A simple and direct derivation for the number of noncrossing partitions

S. C. Liaw, H. G. Yeh, F. K. Hwang, G. J. Chang

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Abstract

Kreweras considered the problem of counting noncrossing partitions of the set {1,2, ..., n}, whose elements are arranged into a cycle in its natural order, into p parts of given sizes n1,n2, ... ,np (but not specifying which part gets which size). He gave a beautiful and surprising result whose proof resorts to a recurrence relation. In this paper we give a direct, entirely bijective, proof starting from the same initial idea as Kreweras' proof.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1579-1581
Number of pages3
JournalProceedings of the American Mathematical Society
Volume126
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998

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