A note on the \(\gamma\)-coefficients of the tree Eulerian polynomial

Rafael S. González D'León¹

¹University of Kentucky

The electronic journal of combinatorics, Tome 23 (2016) no. 1

Résumé

We consider the generating polynomial of the number of rooted trees on the set $\{1,2,\dots,n\}$ counted by the number of descending edges (a parent with a greater label than a child). This polynomial is an extension of the descent generating polynomial of the set of permutations of a totally ordered $n$-set, known as the Eulerian polynomial. We show how this extension shares some of the properties of the classical one. A classical product formula shows that this polynomial factors completely over the integers. From this product formula it can be concluded that this polynomial has positive coefficients in the $\gamma$-basis and we show that a formula for these coefficients can also be derived. We discuss various combinatorial interpretations of these coefficients in terms of leaf-labeled binary trees and in terms of the Stirling permutations introduced by Gessel and Stanley. These interpretations are derived from previous results of Liu, Dotsenko-Khoroshkin, Bershtein-Dotsenko-Khoroshkin, González D'León-Wachs and Gonzláez D'León related to the free multibracketed Lie algebra and the poset of weighted partitions.

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DOI : 10.37236/5361

Classification : 05A15, 05E05
Mots-clés : gamma positivity, Eulerian polynomial, rooted trees