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On asymptotic expansions for the distributions of the number of cycles in a random permutation. (English. Russian original) Zbl 1048.05009
Discrete Math. Appl. 13, No. 5, 417-427 (2003); translation from Diskretn. Mat. 15, No. 3, 117-126 (2003).
Summary: We obtain explicit formulas for the coefficients of asymptotic expansions in the domain of large deviations for the distributions of the number of cycles $$\nu_n$$ in a random permutation of degree $$n$$, that is, for the probability $${\mathbf P} \{\nu_n= N\}$$ under the condition that $$n$$, $$N\to\infty$$ in such a way that $$1< \alpha_0 \leq\alpha= n/N\leq\alpha_1 <\infty$$, where $$\alpha_0$$, $$\alpha_1$$ are constants. These formulas express the coefficients in terms of cumulants of the random variable which has the distribution of the logarithmic series with specially chosen parameter. For the cumulants of the third and fourth orders we give the corresponding values. We discuss the accuracy of the obtained approximations. If $$n$$, $$N\to\infty$$ so that $$0<\gamma_0 \leq\gamma=N/ \ln n\leq\gamma_1 <\infty$$, where $$\gamma_0$$, $$\gamma_1$$ are constants, we give asymptotic estimates of the probabilities $${\mathbf P}\{\nu_n=N\}$$, $${\mathbf P}\{\nu_n\leq N\}$$, $${\mathbf P} \{\nu_n\geq N\}$$ with the remainder terms of order $$O((\ln n)^{-2})$$ uniform in $$\gamma\in[\gamma_0,\gamma_1]$$. The corresponding estimate for the probability $${\mathbf P}\{\nu_n=N\}$$ refines the previously known results for the case $$N=\beta\ln n+o(\ln n)$$, where $$\beta$$ is a positive constant.

##### MSC:
 05A16 Asymptotic enumeration 05A05 Permutations, words, matrices 60C05 Combinatorial probability
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