Permutation Patterns (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series, Series Number 376)

Permutation patterns is a thriving area of combinatorics that relates to many other areas of mathematics, including graph theory, enumerative combinatorics, model theory, the theory of automata and languages, and bioinformatics. Arising from the Fifth International Conference on Permutation Patterns, held in St Andrew's in June 2007, this volume contains a mixture of survey and research articles by leading experts, whom include the two invited speakers, Martin Klazar and Mike Atkinson. Together, the collected articles cover all the significant strands of current research: structural methods and simple patterns, generalisations of patterns, various enumerative aspects, machines and networks, packing, and more. Specialists in this area and other researchers in combinatorics and related fields will find much of interest in this book. In addition, the volume provides plenty of material accessible to advanced undergraduates and is a suitable reference for projects and dissertations.

Steve Linton is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, where he directs the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Computational Algebra.

Nik Ruškuc is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.

Vincent Vatter is a John Wesley Young Instructor at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire.