Abstract
We generalize the concept of pattern avoidance from words to matrices, and consider specifically binary matrices avoiding the smallest non-trivial patterns. For all binary right angled patterns (0/1 subconfigurations with 3 entries, 2 in the same row and 2 in the same column) and all 2 x 2 binary patterns, we enumerate the m x n binary matrices avoiding the given pattern. For right angled patterns, and the all zeroes 2 x 2 pattern, we employ direct combinatorial considerations to obtain either explicit closed form formulas or generating functions; in the other cases, we use the transfer matrix method to derive an algorithm which gives, for any fixed m, a closed form formula in n. Some of these cases lead naturally to extremal problems of Ramsey type.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 05.2.2 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Journal of Integer Sequences |
Volume | 8 |
Publication status | Published - 2005 |
Keywords
- binary matrices
- transfer matrix
- forbidden submatrices
- Ramsey theory
- forbidden subsequences