Sharp upper and lower bounds on the length of general Davenport-Schinzel sequences

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Summary

Sharp upper and lower bounds are obtained on the maximal length λs(n) of (n, s)-Davenport-Schinzel sequences, i.e., sequences composed of n symbols, having no two adjacent equal elements and containing no alternating subsequence of length s + 2.

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1989-11-01
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Combinatorics, Subsequence, Upper and lower bounds, Mathematics, Function (biology)

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