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Publications [#235559] of Pankaj K. Agarwal

Papers Published

  1. Agarwal, PK; Sharir, M; Shor, P, Sharp upper and lower bounds on the length of general Davenport-Schinzel sequences, Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A, vol. 52 no. 2 (January, 1989), pp. 228-274, Elsevier BV, ISSN 0097-3165 [doi]
    (last updated on 2023/06/02)

    Abstract:
    We obtain sharp upper and lower bounds on the maximal length λs(n) of (n, s)-Davenport-Schinzel sequences, i.e., sequences composed of n symbols, having no two adjacent equal elements and containing no alternating subsequence of length s + 2. We show that (i) λ4(n) = Θ(n·2α(n)); (ii) for s > 4, λs(n) ≤ n·2(α(n)) (s - 2) 2 + Cs(n) if s is even and λs(n) ≤ n·2(α(n)) (s - 3) 2log(α(n)) + Cs(n) if s is odd, where Cs(n) is a function of α(n) and s, asymptotically smaller than the main term; and finally (iii) for even values of s > 4, λs(n) = Ω(n·2Ks(α(n)) (s - 2) 2 + Qs(n)), where Ks = (( (s - 2) 2)!)-1 and Qs is a polynomial in α(n) of degree at most (s - 4) 2. © 1989.

 

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