Meander Graphs

We consider a Markov chain Monte Carlo approach to the uniform sampling of meanders. Combinatorially, a meander $M = [A:B]$ is formed by two noncrossing perfect matchings, above $A$ and below $B$ the same endpoints, which form a single closed loop. We prove that meanders are connected under appropri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Christine E. Heitsch, Prasad Tetali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science 2011-01-01
Series:Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science
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Online Access:https://dmtcs.episciences.org/2926/pdf