Problem:
Let be a permutation of the integers . If there do not exist indices such that or indices such that , then is said to be exquisite. Find the number of exquisite permutations.
Solution
Solution:
Given a permutation for some , call a sequence an increasing subsequence if and . Define decreasing subsequences similarly. Let denote the length of the longest increasing sequence and denote the length of the longest decreasing sequence. We wish to find the number of permutations for such that and . We note here that is not a coincidence.
The main idea of his proof is as follows. Consider a rectangle. A Young Tableau is an assignment of , one to each unit square of the rectangle, such that every row and column is in increasing order. There is a bijection between set of exquisite permutations and pairs of Young Tableaux. Since the number of ways to write on a rectangle with every row and column in increasing order is , there are exactly exquisite permutations.