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| Comments: | 18 pages |
| Subjects: | Combinatorics (math.CO); Statistics Theory (math.ST) |
| MSC classes: | 05C50, 05C80, 62H30 |
| Cite as: | arXiv:2512.24434 [math.CO] |
| (or arXiv:2512.24434v4 [math.CO] for this version) | |
| https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2512.24434 arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite |
From: Marianna Bolla DSc [view email]
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