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arxiv: 0904.2792 · v1 · submitted 2009-04-17 · 🧮 math.CO

The largest and the smallest fixed points of permutations

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We give a new interpretation of the derangement numbers d_n as the sum of the values of the largest fixed points of all non-derangements of length n-1. We also show that the analogous sum for the smallest fixed points equals the number of permutations of length n with at least two fixed points. We provide analytic and bijective proofs of both results, as well as a new recurrence for the derangement numbers.

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