Proofs of two conjectures of Kenyon and Wilson on Dyck tilings

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Abstract

Recently, Kenyon and Wilson introduced a certain matrix M in order to compute pairing probabilities of what they call the double-dimer model. They showed that the absolute value of each entry of the inverse matrix M -1 is equal to the number of certain Dyck tilings of a skew shape. They conjectured two formulas on the sum of the absolute values of the entries in a row or a colamn of M-1. In this paper we prove the two conjectures. As a consequence we obtain that the sum of the absolute values of all entries of M-1 is equal to the number of complete matchings. We also find a bijectio between Dyck tilings and complete matchings.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)361-372
Number of pages12
JournalDiscrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event24th International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics, FPSAC 2012 - Nagoya, Japan
Duration: 30 Jul 20123 Aug 2012

Keywords

  • Dyck paths
  • Dyck tilings
  • Hermite histories
  • Matchings
  • Orthogonal polynomials

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