Unique maximizers for the 1231\underline{23} and 3213\underline{21} stack-sorting maps

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Let Sn\mathfrak S_n be the set of permutations of length nn, and let SC123\text{SC}_{1\underline{23}} and SC321\text{SC}_{3\underline{21}} be the corresponding vincular-pattern-avoiding stack-sorting maps. Unique-maximizers conjecture. The maximum of SC1231|\text{SC}_{1\underline{23}}^{-1}| is uniquely achieved by

π=(n1)(n2)1n,\pi=(n-1)(n-2)\cdots 1n,

and the maximum of SC3211|\text{SC}_{3\underline{21}}^{-1}| is uniquely achieved by

π=23n1.\pi=23\cdots n1.

The claim refines the asserted maximum preimage count 2n22^{n-2} by specifying its unique attaining permutation for each map. The supplied text presents this as a conjecture following partial smoothing results; no resolution is given.

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William Zhao, “Stack-sorting with Stacks Avoiding Vincular Patterns”, arXiv:2410.17057 (2024).

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