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Riordan Paths and Derangements

William Y. C. Chen, Eva Y. P. Deng, Laura L. M. Yang

math.COarXiv:math/0602298

Abstract

Riordan paths are Motzkin paths without horizontal steps on the x-axis. We establish a correspondence between Riordan paths and (321,3142)-avoiding derangements. We also present a combinatorial proof of a recurrence relation for the Riordan numbers in the spirit of the Foata-Zeilberger proof of a recurrence relation on the Schröder numbers.

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