Columns of fixed height in bargraphs

Document Type : Research Paper

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The John Knopfmacher Centre for Applicable Analysis and Number Theory, School of Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050,Johannesburg, South Africa

Abstract

We obtain the generating function for the number of columns of fixed height $r$ in a bargraph (classified according to semi-perimeter). As initial case for two distinct methods we first find the generating function for columns of height $1$. Then using a first-return-to-level-$1$ decomposition, we obtain the rational function version of the continued fraction generating function which allows us to derive separate recursions for its numerator and denominator. This then allows us to get the asymptotic average number of columns for each $r$. We also obtain an equivalent generating function by exploiting a sequential decomposition for bargraphs in terms of columns of height $r$.

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  • Receive Date: 24 January 2022
  • Revise Date: 20 December 2022
  • Accept Date: 03 January 2023
  • Published Online: 01 March 2024