We give formulas for enumerating directed paths in the graded poset of semi-magic squares of size three. We give two applications of these formulas: an advanced example of Vandermonde convolution for finite graded posets, and a direct method for deriving Regge symmetry formulas for un-normalized Clebsch-Gordan coefficients.
Similar to how standard Young tableaux represent paths in the Young lattice, Latin rectangles may be use to enumerate paths in the poset of semi-magic squares with entries zero or one. The symmetries associated to determinant preserve this poset, and we completely describe the orbits, covering data, and maximal chains for squares of size 4, 5, and 6. The last item gives the number of Latin squares in these cases. To calculate efficiently for size 6, we in turn identify orbits with certain equivalence classes of hypergraphs.
After reviewing the group structure and representation theory for the dihedral group $D_{2n},$ we consider an intertwining operator $Φ_ρ$ from the group algebra $\mathbb{C}[D_{2n}]$ into a corresponding space of semi-magic matrices. From this intertwining operator, one obtains the generating function for enumerating the associated semi-magic squares with fixed line sum and an algebra extending the circulant matrices. While this work complements the approach to $D_{2n}$ through permutation polytopes, we use only methods from representation theory.
We investigate a new family of regions that is the universal generalization of three well-known region families in the field of enumeration of tilings: the quasi-regular hexagons, the semi-hexagons, and the halved hexagons. We prove a simple product formula for the number of tilings of these new regions. Our main result also yields the enumerations of two special classes of plane partitions with restricted parts.
A Latin square has six conjugate Latin squares obtained by uniformly permuting its (row, column, symbol) triples. We say that a Latin square has conjugate symmetry if at least two of its six conjugates are equal. We enumerate Latin squares with conjugate symmetry and classify them according to several common notions of equivalence. We also do similar enumerations under additional hypotheses, such as assuming the Latin square is reduced, diagonal, idempotent or unipotent. Our data corrected an error in earlier literature and suggested several patterns that we then found proofs for, including (1…
Combinatorics of biopolymer structures, especially enumeration of various RNA secondary structures and protein contact maps, is of significant interest for communities of both combinatorics and computational biology. However, most of the previous combinatorial enumeration results for these structures are presented in terms of generating functions, and few are explicit formulas. This paper is mainly concerned with finding explicit enumeration formulas for a particular class of biologically relevant structures, say, saturated 2-regular simple stacks, whose configuration is related to protein fol…