The polynomial-form conjecture for lucky spots in parking functions
The polynomial-form conjecture for lucky spots in parking functions
Let be a positive integer and let be a positive integer. A lucky spot is a parking spot occupied by a car whose preferred spot is that spot. Let denote the polynomial appearing in the claimed formula, and let be a rational number. Lucky-spot enumeration conjecture. The number of parking functions where the -th spot is lucky has the form
where is a polynomial of degree with rational coefficients. In particular, the asymptotic probability that the -th spot is lucky is
The formulas are suggested by the explicitly computed cases ; the conjecture proposes a uniform polynomial form and corresponding asymptotic expression for every .
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Steve Butler, Kimberly Hadaway, Victoria Lenius, Preston Martens and Marshall Moats, “Lucky cars and lucky spots in parking functions”, arXiv:2412.07873 (2024).
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