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Monotonic Subsequences


by 'Literka'.



Let us write an interesting theorem about monotonic subsequences of sequences of real numbers:

Theorem 1 (Erdos). Let Rozmiar: 2044 bajtów be a sequence of real numbers of length Rozmiar: 1178 bajtów. Then there is a monotonic subsequence of this sequence of length at least n+1.


There are many proofs of this theorem, but none of them can compete with a proof given by P. Erdos. For this page to be complete 'Literka' includes another page with the proof of Erdos of his theorem. 'Literka' doesn't want to add one more proof to a long list of other proofs. The purpose of further text is to prove a substantial strengthening of Theorem 1:



Theorem 2 (Erdos, strengthened by 'Literka'). Let Rozmiar: 2044 bajtów be a sequence of different real numbers of length Rozmiar: 946 bajtów (i.e. n>0 is a natural number and k=Rozmiar: 946 bajtów ). Assume that the maximal length of monotonic subsequence of this sequence is less or equal than n. Then there exists a function B(i,j) for n>=i,j>0 (sign >= means bigger or equal) such that
  1. B(i1,j1) =B(i2,j2) if and only if i1=i2 and j1=j2,
  2. B(i,j) = Rozmiar: 927 bajtów for some k>m>0,
  3. B(i1,j)>B(i2,j) if i1>i2,
  4. B(i,j1)>B(i,j2) if j2>j1,
  5. Assume B(i1,j)=Rozmiar: 854 bajtów and B(i2,j)=Rozmiar: 841 bajtów Then i1>i2 if and only if t>s,
  6. Assume B(i,j1)=Rozmiar: 854 bajtów and B(i,j2)=Rozmiar: 841 bajtów Then j1>j2 if and only if s>t.


Theorem 2 can be written in a simpler way:

Theorem 2 (Erdos, strengthened by 'Literka'). Let A={ Rozmiar: 2044 bajtów } be a sequence of different real numbers of length Rozmiar: 946 bajtów (i.e. n>0 is a natural number and k=Rozmiar: 946 bajtów ). Assume that the maximal length of monotonic subsequence of this sequence is less or equal than n. Then the numbers Rozmiar: 1076 bajtów are the entries of some matrix B of size n x n (n rows, n columns) such that rows of this matrix are increasing subsequences of A and columns of this matrix B are decreasing subsequences of A.



Theorem 1 follows from Theorem 2. To see this take a sequence G={ Rozmiar: 2044 bajtów} of different real numbers, where k=Rozmiar: 1178 bajtów . Take a subsequence A of first Rozmiar: 946 bajtów numbers of G. Of course, we can assume that the assumptions of Theorem 2 for A are satisfied, otherwise there is nothing to prove. Compare Rozmiar: 905 bajtów with B(n,n) (B is a function from the assertion of Theorem 2) and add Rozmiar: 905 bajtów to a subsequence of A , which is n-th row of B or to the n-th column of B (we can regard B as a matrix).



Let us recall that a function f:[0,1] -> R is called a step function if there is a partition of the interval I=[0,1] into smaller intervals Rozmiar: 1490 bajtów (not necessarily closed intervals) where the function f is constant.
Let P denote a square [0,1] x [0,1] = I x I. We'll say that a partition U of P into a family of subsets is a rectangle partition if it was created by cutting of P with horizontal or vertical straight lines.

To prove Theorem 2 we need the following 2 lemmas:

Lemma 1. Let f:[0,1] -> R be a step function with p values and Rozmiar: 1490 bajtów be intervals where f is constant. Assume that f(x) = Rozmiar: 807 bajtów for Rozmiar: 1185 bajtów . Then there exist:
  1. a rectangle partition U of P
  2. partition of P into subsets Rozmiar: 1695 bajtów
  3. each Rozmiar: 934 bajtów is a union of sets of a rectangle partition U
  4. area of Rozmiar: 934 bajtów (which is a sum of areas of rectangles) is equal to the length of Rozmiar: 795 bajtów
  5. define a function h: P -> I = [0,1] by h(x,y)= Rozmiar: 807 bajtów for Rozmiar: 1841 bajtów . Then
    1. h(x1,y)>=h(x2,y) if x1>x2
    2. h(x,y1)>=h(x,y2) if y2>y1


Lemma 2. Let Rozmiar: 1704 bajtów be a partition of P and k=Rozmiar: 946 bajtów . Assume that all elements Rozmiar: 934 bajtów have equal area (hence area must be 1/k for each Rozmiar: 934 bajtów ). Assume that every vertical or horizontal straight line crosses at most n sets from this partition. Then partition is a rectangle partition and all Rozmiar: 934 bajtów are squares.



Theorem 2 is a straightforward consequence of Lemma 1 and Lemma 2. Let A={ Rozmiar: 2044 bajtów } be a sequence as in the assumption of Theorem 2. Let Rozmiar: 795 bajtów =[i/k,(i+1)/k) and define h: [0,1] -> R setting h(x)= Rozmiar: 835 bajtów for Rozmiar: 1185 bajtów . Lemma 1 gives a partition Rozmiar: 1704 bajtów of P and Lemma 2 shows that there is a monotonic subsequence of length bigger than n or all Rozmiar: 934 bajtów are squares. This is a statement of Theorem 2.



Proofs of Lemma 1 and Lemma 2 are on the page of 'Literka' Proofs of Lemmas. There is an applet of 'Literka', which is a demonstration of a proof of Lemma 1 (only for the case of intervals of equal lengths).



Let us mention here about further extensions of the theorem of Erdos. We can investigate monotonic sequences in Rozmiar: 950 bajtów . Then we define that a sequence is monotonic if corresponding sequences of each coordinate are monotonic sequences. It appears that similar theorems to the 1-dimensional case can be formulated. The same is for any n-dimensional space.
There is another way of defining monotonic sequence of the space Rozmiar: 947 bajtów (Notice: we use the same word "monotonic" for different definitions of this word):

Let M be a sequence of vectors of Rozmiar: 947 bajtów. For any vector x of Rozmiar: 947 bajtów we can create a sequence of real numbers taking scalar products of M with a vector x. If for even one non-zero vector x a sequence created this way is monotonic, then we call a sequence M monotonic.

This is still an open field. Some partial results were achieved by A. Odlyzko, J. Shearer, and R. Siders ( see Monotonic subsequences in dimensions higher than one ). They showed, for example, that in any dimension n, for any large collection of k points, there will be a monotonic subsequence of length about equal to the square root of k.



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Weight centers of simple geometrical figures.
An elementary problem can be unsolvable.
Weierstrass Approximation Theorem. Bernstein's Polynomials.
Construction of a regular pentagon.
Construction of a regular heptadecagon.
Construction of a regular polygon with 257 sides.
Roots of cubic equation. Cardano's formula.
Rudin's Theorem of Complex Analysis.
Exact values of trigonometric functions of angles (n*pi)/17.
Equalities for values of trigonometric functions of angles (n*pi)/17.
Factorization of a polynomial, which defines values of sine function (angles n*pi/17).
Polynomials with roots cos(2*k*pi/n).
Factorization of polynomials with roots cos(2*k*pi/n), where n is Fermat number.
Values of trigonometric functions of angles (n*pi)/257. Part I.
Values of trigonometric functions of angles (n*pi)/257. Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII.
Values of trigonometric functions of angles (n*pi)/65537. Part I.
Values of trigonometric functions of angles (n*pi)/65537. Part II, Part III, Part IV and Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX, Part X, Part XI, Part XII, Part XIII, Part XIV.

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