Descending Triples and Direct Sums
Abstract
Descending endpoints confine triples to a single direct-sum factor, and 312-avoidance orders record blocks.
Definition 1.1 (A triple with descending endpoints).
Lean statement: D5/S3/Combinatorics/FundamentalBijection/ThetaBasicSumAvoid.DescendingTriple
Formalization. D5/S3/Combinatorics/FundamentalBijection/ThetaBasicSumAvoid.DescendingTriple (✓ std3).
Source. Repository-derived.
Acknowledgement. Kassie Archer, Robert P. Laudone (2024). Pattern avoidance and the fundamental bijection. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2407.06338. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.06338v1.
Commentary.
A descending triple consists of three increasing positions whose first value exceeds their last value and whose values satisfy a specified ternary relation.
Theorem 1.2 (Triples in a direct sum).
Lean statement: D5/S3/Combinatorics/FundamentalBijection/ThetaBasicSumAvoid.descendingTriple_sum_iff
Proof. Machine-checked in Lean as D5/S3/Combinatorics/FundamentalBijection/ThetaBasicSumAvoid.descendingTriple_sum_iff (✓ std3). ∎
Source. Repository-derived.
Acknowledgement. Kassie Archer, Robert P. Laudone (2024). Pattern avoidance and the fundamental bijection. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2407.06338. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.06338v1.
Commentary.
For a ternary relation invariant under adding the same integer to all three values, a direct sum contains a descending triple satisfying that relation exactly when one of its two factors does.
Theorem 1.3 (Decreasing tails of record blocks).
Lean statement: D5/S3/Combinatorics/FundamentalBijection/ThetaBasicSumAvoid.avoid312_record_block_decreasing
Proof. Machine-checked in Lean as D5/S3/Combinatorics/FundamentalBijection/ThetaBasicSumAvoid.avoid312_record_block_decreasing (✓ std3). ∎
Source. Repository-derived.
Acknowledgement. Kassie Archer, Robert P. Laudone (2024). Pattern avoidance and the fundamental bijection. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2407.06338. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.06338v1.
Commentary.
In a 312-avoiding permutation, entries strictly after a left-to-right maximum and before the next record boundary decrease with position.
References
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D5/S3/Combinatorics/FundamentalBijection/ThetaBasicSumAvoid.DescendingTriple - Truth anchor:
D5/S3/Combinatorics/FundamentalBijection/ThetaBasicSumAvoid.avoid312_record_block_decreasing - Truth anchor:
D5/S3/Combinatorics/FundamentalBijection/ThetaBasicSumAvoid.descendingTriple_sum_iff - Dependency: D5/S3/Combinatorics/FundamentalBijection/ThetaBasicSum