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PERMUTATION CLASSES OF EVERY GROWTH RATE ABOVE 2.48188

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 December 2009

Vincent Vatter*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, U.S.A. (email: [email protected])
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Abstract

We prove that there are permutation classes (hereditary properties of permutations) of every growth rate (Stanley–Wilf limit) at least λ≈2.48187, the unique real root of x5−2x4−2x2−2x−1, thereby establishing a conjecture of Albert and Linton.

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Research Article
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Copyright © University College London 2010

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