{"title":"Matrix products of binomial coefficients and unsigned Stirling numbers","authors":"Marin Knevzevi'c, Vedran Krvcadinac, Lucija Reli'c","doi":"10.5592/CO/CCD.2020.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5592/CO/CCD.2020.04","url":null,"abstract":"We study sums of the form $sum_{k=m}^n a_{nk} b_{km}$, where $a_{nk}$ and $b_{km}$ are binomial coefficients or unsigned Stirling numbers. In a few cases they can be written in closed form. Failing that, the sums still share many common features: combinatorial interpretations, Pascal-like recurrences, inverse relations with their signed versions, and interpretations as coefficients of change between polynomial bases.","PeriodicalId":253304,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 3rd Croatian Combinatorial Days","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133844216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A variation on the Rubik's cube","authors":"Mathieu Dutour Sikiri'c","doi":"10.5592/co/ccd.2020.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5592/co/ccd.2020.03","url":null,"abstract":"The Rubik's cube is a famous puzzle in which faces can be moved and the corresponding movement operations define a group. We consider here a generalization to any $3$-valent map. We prove an upper bound on the size of the corresponding group which we conjecture to be tight.","PeriodicalId":253304,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 3rd Croatian Combinatorial Days","volume":"364 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122190285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Refinements of Euler's inequalities in plane, space and n-space","authors":"D. Veljan","doi":"10.5592/co/ccd.2020.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5592/co/ccd.2020.08","url":null,"abstract":"We improve Euler’s inequality R ≥ 2r, where R and r are triangle’s circumradius and inradius, respectively, and prove some consequences of it. We also show non-Euclidean version of this result. Next, we improve 3D analogue of Euler’s inequality for tetrahedra R ≥ 3r and discuss recursive way to improve analogues of Euler’s inequality for simplices. We end with some open problems, including possible CEEG (classical Euclidean elementary geometry) proof of Grace-Danielsson’s inequality d2 ≤ (R − 3r)(R + r), where d is the distance between the centers of the insphere and the circumsphere of a tetrahedron.","PeriodicalId":253304,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 3rd Croatian Combinatorial Days","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129235860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}