Random higher-dimensional permutation universality conjecture

For d2d\geqslant 2, a dd-permutation of order nn is a (d+1)(d+1)-array over {0,1}\{0,1\} of order nn in which every line contains a unique 11. A dd-pattern of order kk is a sequence (σ1,,σd)(\sigma_1,\dotsc,\sigma_d) with each σSk\sigma_\ell\in S_k; a dd-permutation is kk-pattern-universal if it contains every such dd-pattern. Random higher-dimensional permutation universality conjecture. For d2d\geqslant 2, there exists a constant C>0C>0 such that a random dd-permutation of order Ck(d+1)/dCk^{(d+1)/d} is kk-pattern-universal with high probability as kk\to\infty. Monotone-subsequence results imply the lower bound Ω(k(d+1)/d)\Omega(k^{(d+1)/d}) for the order needed with high probability, so the conjecture predicts that this lower-bound scale is tight.

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Matías Pavez-Signé, Daniel A. Quiroz and Nicolás Sanhueza-Matamala, “Universal arrays”, arXiv:2001.05767 (2021).

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