| dc.contributor.author | Irving, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rattan, Amarpreet | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-03-26T20:01:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-03-26T20:01:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-04 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2008-02 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0012365X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96203 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We give a compact expression for the number of factorizations of any permutation into a minimal number of transpositions of the form (1 i). This generalizes earlier work of Pak in which substantial restrictions were placed on the permutation being factored. Our result exhibits an unexpected and simple symmetry of star factorizations that has yet to be explained in a satisfactory manner. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Postdoctoral Fellowship) | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier B.V. | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.disc.2008.02.018 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
| dc.source | Elsevier | en_US |
| dc.title | Minimal factorizations of permutations into star transpositions | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Irving, J., and A. Rattan. “Minimal Factorizations of Permutations into Star Transpositions.” Discrete Mathematics 309, no. 6 (April 2009): 1435–1442. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics | en_US |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Rattan, Amarpreet | en_US |
| dc.relation.journal | Discrete Mathematics | en_US |
| dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
| dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
| eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
| dspace.orderedauthors | Irving, J.; Rattan, A. | en_US |
| mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |
| mit.metadata.status | Complete | |
