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Note on the expected number of Yang-Baxter moves applicable to reduced decompositions. (English) Zbl 1071.20003
Summary: The expected number of Yang-Baxter moves applicable to a reduced decomposition of the longest element in the symmetric group on $$n$$ letters is observed to be 1, independent of $$n$$.

##### MSC:
 20B30 Symmetric groups 05E10 Combinatorial aspects of representation theory 20P05 Probabilistic methods in group theory
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