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spelling ftunimontpellier:oai:HAL:hal-01215040v1 2024-05-19T07:42:50+00:00 Closed paths whose steps are roots of unity Labelle, Gilbert Lacasse, Annie Laboratoire de combinatoire et d'informatique mathématique Montréal (LaCIM) Centre de Recherches Mathématiques Montréal (CRM) Université de Montréal (UdeM)-Université de Montréal (UdeM)-Université du Québec à Montréal = University of Québec in Montréal (UQAM) Laboratoire d'Informatique de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier (LIRMM) Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Bousquet-Mélou Mireille and Wachs Michelle and Hultman Axel Reykjavik, Iceland 2011 https://inria.hal.science/hal-01215040 https://inria.hal.science/hal-01215040/document https://inria.hal.science/hal-01215040/file/dmAO0153.pdf https://doi.org/10.46298/dmtcs.2937 en eng HAL CCSD DMTCS info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.46298/dmtcs.2937 hal-01215040 https://inria.hal.science/hal-01215040 https://inria.hal.science/hal-01215040/document https://inria.hal.science/hal-01215040/file/dmAO0153.pdf doi:10.46298/dmtcs.2937 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 1462-7264 EISSN: 1365-8050 Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science DMTCS Proceedings FPSAC: Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics https://inria.hal.science/hal-01215040 FPSAC: Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics, 2011, Reykjavik, Iceland. pp.599-610, ⟨10.46298/dmtcs.2937⟩ closed polygonal paths Roots of unity $P$-recursive Asymptotics [MATH.MATH-CO]Mathematics [math]/Combinatorics [math.CO] [INFO.INFO-DM]Computer Science [cs]/Discrete Mathematics [cs.DM] info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject Conference papers 2011 ftunimontpellier https://doi.org/10.46298/dmtcs.2937 2024-05-01T00:41:42Z International audience We give explicit formulas for the number $U_n(N)$ of closed polygonal paths of length $N$ (starting from the origin) whose steps are $n^{\textrm{th}}$ roots of unity, as well as asymptotic expressions for these numbers when $N \rightarrow \infty$. We also prove that the sequences $(U_n(N))_{N \geq 0}$ are $P$-recursive for each fixed $n \geq 1$ and leave open the problem of determining the values of $N$ for which the $\textit{dual}$ sequences $(U_n(N))_{n \geq 1}$ are $P$-recursive. Nous donnons des formules explicites pour le nombre $U_n(N)$ de chemins polygonaux fermés de longueur $N$ (débutant à l'origine) dont les pas sont des racines $n$-ièmes de l'unité, ainsi que des expressions asymptotiques pour ces nombres lorsque $N \rightarrow \infty$. Nous démontrons aussi que les suites $(U_n(N))_{N \geq 0}$ sont $P$-récursives pour chaque $n \geq 1$ fixé et laissons ouvert le problème de déterminer les valeurs de $N$ pour lesquelles les suites $\textit{duales}$ $(U_n(N))_{n \geq 1}$ sont $P$-récursives. Conference Object Iceland Université de Montpellier: HAL Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science DMTCS Proceeding Proceedings
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topic closed polygonal paths
Roots of unity
$P$-recursive
Asymptotics
[MATH.MATH-CO]Mathematics [math]/Combinatorics [math.CO]
[INFO.INFO-DM]Computer Science [cs]/Discrete Mathematics [cs.DM]
spellingShingle closed polygonal paths
Roots of unity
$P$-recursive
Asymptotics
[MATH.MATH-CO]Mathematics [math]/Combinatorics [math.CO]
[INFO.INFO-DM]Computer Science [cs]/Discrete Mathematics [cs.DM]
Labelle, Gilbert
Lacasse, Annie
Closed paths whose steps are roots of unity
topic_facet closed polygonal paths
Roots of unity
$P$-recursive
Asymptotics
[MATH.MATH-CO]Mathematics [math]/Combinatorics [math.CO]
[INFO.INFO-DM]Computer Science [cs]/Discrete Mathematics [cs.DM]
description International audience We give explicit formulas for the number $U_n(N)$ of closed polygonal paths of length $N$ (starting from the origin) whose steps are $n^{\textrm{th}}$ roots of unity, as well as asymptotic expressions for these numbers when $N \rightarrow \infty$. We also prove that the sequences $(U_n(N))_{N \geq 0}$ are $P$-recursive for each fixed $n \geq 1$ and leave open the problem of determining the values of $N$ for which the $\textit{dual}$ sequences $(U_n(N))_{n \geq 1}$ are $P$-recursive. Nous donnons des formules explicites pour le nombre $U_n(N)$ de chemins polygonaux fermés de longueur $N$ (débutant à l'origine) dont les pas sont des racines $n$-ièmes de l'unité, ainsi que des expressions asymptotiques pour ces nombres lorsque $N \rightarrow \infty$. Nous démontrons aussi que les suites $(U_n(N))_{N \geq 0}$ sont $P$-récursives pour chaque $n \geq 1$ fixé et laissons ouvert le problème de déterminer les valeurs de $N$ pour lesquelles les suites $\textit{duales}$ $(U_n(N))_{n \geq 1}$ sont $P$-récursives.
author2 Laboratoire de combinatoire et d'informatique mathématique Montréal (LaCIM)
Centre de Recherches Mathématiques Montréal (CRM)
Université de Montréal (UdeM)-Université de Montréal (UdeM)-Université du Québec à Montréal = University of Québec in Montréal (UQAM)
Laboratoire d'Informatique de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier (LIRMM)
Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Bousquet-Mélou
Mireille and Wachs
Michelle and Hultman
Axel
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Lacasse, Annie
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FPSAC: Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics, 2011, Reykjavik, Iceland. pp.599-610, ⟨10.46298/dmtcs.2937⟩
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