Robert Brignall

Senior Lecturer in Combinatorics

WELCOME!

I am a Senior Lecturer in Combinatorics in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at The Open University. My research interests primarily focus on the study of infinite antichains, well-quasi-ordering, permutation patterns, and the interplay between permutation patterns and similar concepts in graph theory. You may read more about my research, view my list of publications or my list of talks.

I organise our Seminar Series. From 2013-2019 I was the School's Director of Research. I am a member of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society and the European Mathematical Society.

Previously, I was a research fellow in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Bristol, and before that I was a PhD student in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of St Andrews.

In the past, I founded the Bristol Combinatorics Seminar, I was on the organising committees for Techniques and Problems in Graph Theory, Permutation Patterns 2010, Permutation Patterns 2011, I chaired the local organising committee for Permutation Patterns 2015, and I was on the program committee for Permutation Patterns 2019.

Beyond mathematics, I occasionally sing. I have also created a number of online games, including the somewhat-popular Byrdle.

RESEARCH

My research interests broadly lie in the study of combinatorial and relational structures, in a blend of structural, extremal and enumerative combinatorics. My background is in the study of permutation containment and avoidance, where enumeration is the main game. However, the structural study of permutations can often be translated to other combinatorial objects, most notably graphs, where the consequences can be wide-ranging. Currently, I am especially investigating the question of well-quasi-ordering in combinatorial objects and the corresponding construction of infinite antichains, but I also have ongoing projects in permutation enumeration, structural graph theory, and graph parameters.

I submitted my PhD Thesis, entitled "Simplicity in Relational Structures and its Application to Permutation Classes", in July 2007, and successfully defended it in October 2007. My external examiner was Einar Steingrímsson (Strathclyde University), my internal Steve Linton. My PhD was written whilst in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of St Andrews, was supervised by Prof Nikola Ruškuc, and was funded by EPSRC.

Research students

Ben Jarvis (2021-)
Dan Cocks (2020-2024) [Thesis]
Kirstie Asciak (2018-2024) [second supervisor, part time]
Olivia Jeans (2017-2023) [second supervisor, part time]
James Tuite (2015-2021) [second supervisor]
David Marchant (2016-2020) [part time] [Thesis]
James Fraser (2016-2019) [second supervisor]
Jakub Sliacan (2015-2018). [Thesis]
David Bevan (2012-2015). [Thesis]

Grants

In Opinion 117, Doron Zeilberger (my academic grandfather!) suggested more people should upload grant bids, so here are some older ones of mine.

[FUNDED] EPSRC First Grant, EP/J006130/1, £91,797, 1st October 2012 -- 30th September 2013. Infinite Antichains of Combinatorial Structures.
[Proposal] [GoW]
[FUNDED] LMS Conference Grants (Scheme 1), £560, 30th January 2013. Winter Combinatorics Meeting, held at The Open University.
[Proposal].
[NOT FUNDED] ERC Starting Grant, 2014. [Part B2]
[FUNDED] LMS Conference Grants (Scheme 1), £2,000, 11th--12th September 2014. Valediction to Jeremy Gray, held at Mercure Parkside Hotel, Milton Keynes.
[Proposal].
[FUNDED] LMS Conference Grants (Scheme 1), £1,908, 15th--19th June 2015. Permutation Patterns 2015, held at De Morgan House, London.
[Proposal].
[NOT FUNDED] EPSRC Standard Grant, 2015. [Proposal]

Conference Organisation

Program Committee, Permutation Patterns 2019, Universität Zürich, Switzerland, 17-21 June 2019.
Local organising committee, Winter Combinatorics Meeting, Open University, annually 2011-2016.
Chair of Local Organising Committee, Permutation Patterns 2015, De Morgan House, London, 15-19 June 2015.
Organising Committee, Permutation Patterns 2011, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, USA, 20-24 June 2011.
Organising Committee, Permutation Patterns 2010, Dartmouth College, USA, 9-13 August 2010.
Local organising committee, Techniques and Problems in Graph Theory, University of Bristol, 1-3 July 2009.

Editing

2015-, Australasian Journal of Combinatorics (AJC): Managing Editor.
2015-16: Guest editor for the special issue for Permutation Patterns 2015. Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, Volume 18 No. 2 (2016).
2010-11: Guest editor for the proceedings of Permutation Patterns 2010. Pure Mathematics and Applications, Volume 22 No. 2 (2011).

Other Activities

Review for the LMS Newsletter of Alex's Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos. [PDF] [Newsletter]
A version also appeared in Plus Magazine. [Plus]
Read my MathSciNet Reviews.
Referee for: Annals of Combinatorics, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics, Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, Graphs and Combinatorics, Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A, Journal of Combinatorics, LMS Lecture Note Series, Mathematika, Pure Mathematics and Applications.

List of Coauthors

Michael Albert, Mike Atkinson, Aistis Atminas, David Bevan, Hojin Choi, Daniel Cocks, Shalosh B. Ekhad, Andrew Elvey Price, Michael Engen, Nicholas Georgiou, Sophie Huczynska, Ben Jarvis, Vít Jelínek, Jisu Jeong, Nicholas Korpelainen, Jan Kynčl, Vadim Lozin, David Marchant, Sang-il Oum, Jay Pantone, Nik Ruškuc, Jakub Sliačan, Rebecca Smith, Juraj Stacho, Vincent Vatter, Rob Waters, Julian West.

PUBLICATIONS

Submitted Papers

Brignall, R., and Jarvis, B., Pin classes II: Small pin classes.
[PDF] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
Pin permutations play an important role in the structural study of permutation classes, most notably in relation to simple permutations and well-quasi-ordering, and in enumerative consequences arising from these. In this paper, we continue our study of pin classes, which are permutation classes that comprise all the finite subpermutations contained in an infinite pin permutation. We show that there is a phase transition at $\mu\approx 3.28277$: there are uncountably many different pin classes whose growth rate is equal to $\mu$, yet only countably many below $\mu$. Furthermore, by showing that all pin classes with growth rate less than $\mu$ are essentially defined by pin permutations that possess a periodic structure, we classify the set of growth rates of pin classes up to $\mu$.
```
@unpublished{brignall:pinclasses2:,
 Author = { Brignall, R. and Jarvis, B. },
 Title = { Pin classes {II}: {S}mall pin classes },
 Note = {Submitted}
}
```
Bevan, D., Brignall, R., and Ruškuc, N., On cycles in monotone grid classes of permutations.
[PDF] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
We undertake a detailed investigation into the structure of permutations in monotone grid classes whose row-column graphs do not contain components with more than one cycle. Central to this investigation is a new decomposition, called the $M$-sum, which generalises the well-known notions of direct sum and skew sum, and enables a deeper understanding of the structure of permutations in these grid classes. Permutations which are indecomposable with respect to the $M$-sum play a crucial role in the structure of a grid class and of its subclasses, and this leads us to identify coils, a certain kind of permutation which corresponds to repeatedly traversing a chosen cycle in a particular manner.
Harnessing this analysis, we give a precise characterisation for when a subclass of such a grid class is labelled well quasi-ordered, and we extend this to characterise (unlabelled) well quasi-ordering in certain cases. We prove that a large general family of these grid classes are finitely based, but we also exhibit other examples that are not, thereby disproving a conjecture from 2006 due to Huczynska and Vatter.
```
@unpublished{bbr:unicyclicgrids:,
 Author = { Bevan, D. and Brignall, R. and Ru\v{s}kuc, N. },
 Title = { On cycles in monotone grid classes of permutations },
 Note = {Submitted}
}
```
Brignall, R., and Vatter, V., Uncountably many enumerations of well-quasi-ordered permutation classes.
[PDF] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
We construct an uncountable family of well-quasi-ordered permutation classes, each with a distinct enumeration sequence. As there are only countably many algebraic generating functions that enumerate combinatorial objects, this shows that there are well-quasi-ordered permutation classes without algebraic generating functions, disproving a widely-held conjecture. Indeed, this shows that there are well-quasi-ordered permutation classes without even D-finite generating functions.
Our construction relies on an uncountably large collection of factor-closed binary languages, and this collection also enables us to exhibit an uncountably large collection of infinite binary sequences, each with distinct linear complexity functions.
```
@unpublished{bv:wqo-uncountable:,
 Author = { Brignall, R. and Vatter, V. },
 Title = { Uncountably many enumerations of well-quasi-ordered permutation classes },
 Note = {Submitted}
}
```

Journal articles

Brignall, R., Labelled well-quasi-order in juxtapositions of permutation classes. Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 31(2) (2024), #P2.21 (11pp).
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
The juxtaposition of permutation classes $\mathcal{C}$ and $\mathcal{D}$ is the class of all permutations formed by concatenations $\sigma\tau$, such that $\sigma$ is order isomorphic to a permutation in $\mathcal{C}$, and $\tau$ to a permutation in $\mathcal{D}$.
We give simple necessary and sufficient conditions on the classes $\mathcal{C}$ and $\mathcal{D}$ for their juxtaposition to be labelled well-quasi-ordered (lwqo): namely that both $\mathcal{C}$ and $\mathcal{D}$ must themselves be lwqo, and at most one of $\mathcal{C}$ or $\mathcal{D}$ can contain arbitrarily long zigzag permutations. We also show that every class without long zigzag permutations has a growth rate which must be integral.
```
@article{brignall:lwqo-juxt:,
  AUTHOR = { Brignall, R.},
   TITLE = { Labelled well-quasi-order in juxtapositions of permutation classes },
 JOURNAL = {Electron. J. Combin.},
FJOURNAL = {Electronic Journal of Combinatorics},
  VOLUME = {31},
    YEAR = {2024},
  NUMBER = {2},
   PAGES = {P2.21, 11 pages},}
```
Brignall, R., and Cocks, D., A framework for minimal hereditary classes of graphs of unbounded clique-width. SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics 37(4) (2023), 2558-84.
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
We create a framework for hereditary graph classes $\mathcal{G}^\delta$ built on a two-dimensional grid of vertices and edge sets defined by a triple $\delta=\{\alpha,\beta,\gamma\}$ of objects that define edges between consecutive columns, edges between non-consecutive columns (called bonds), and edges within columns. This framework captures all previously proven minimal hereditary classes of graph of unbounded clique-width, and many new ones, although we do not claim this includes all such classes.

We show that a graph class $\mathcal{G}^\delta$ has unbounded clique-width if and only if a certain parameter $\mathcal{N}^\delta$ is unbounded. We further show that $\mathcal{G}^\delta$ is minimal of unbounded clique-width (and, indeed, minimal of unbounded linear clique-width) if another parameter $\mathcal{M}^\beta$ is bounded, and also $\delta$ has defined recurrence characteristics. Both the parameters $\mathcal{N}^\delta$ and $\mathcal{M}^\beta$ are properties of a triple $\delta=(\alpha,\beta,\gamma)$, and measure the number of distinct neighbourhoods in certain auxiliary graphs.

Throughout our work, we introduce new methods to the study of clique-width, including the use of Ramsey theory in arguments related to unboundedness, and explicit (linear) clique-width expressions for subclasses of minimal classes of unbounded clique-width.
```
@unpublished{bc:cw-framework:,
 Author = { Brignall, R. and Cocks, D. },
 Title = { A framework for minimal hereditary classes of graphs of unbounded clique-width },
 Note = {Submitted}
}
```
Brignall, R., and Vatter, V., Labeled well-quasi-order for permutation classes. Combinatorial Theory 2(3) (2022), #14 (55pp).
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
While the theory of labeled well-quasi-order has received significant attention in the graph setting, it has not yet been considered in the context of permutation patterns. We initiate this study here, and using labeled well-quasi-order are able to subsume and extend all of the well-quasi-order results in the permutation patterns literature. Connections to the graph setting are emphasized throughout. In particular, we establish that a permutation class is labeled well-quasi-ordered if and only if its corresponding graph class is also labeled well-quasi-ordered.
```
@unpublished{bv:lwqo-for-pp:,
 Author = { Brignall, R. and Vatter, V. },
 Title = { Labeled well-quasi-order for permutation classes },
 Note = {Submitted}
}
```
Brignall, R., and Cocks, D., Uncountably many minimal hereditary classes of graphs of unbounded clique-width. Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 29(1) (2022), #P1.63 (27pp)
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
Given an infinite word over the alphabet $\{0,1,2,3\}$, we define a class of bipartite hereditary graphs $\mathcal{G}^\alpha$, and show that $\mathcal{G}^\alpha$ has unbounded clique-width unless $\alpha$ contains at most finitely many non-zero letters.

We also show that $\mathcal{G}^\alpha$ is minimal of unbounded clique-width if and only if $\alpha$ belongs to a precisely defined collection of words $\Gamma$. The set $\Gamma$ includes all almost periodic words containing at least one non-zero letter, which both enables us to exhibit uncountably many pairwise distinct minimal classes of unbounded clique width, and also proves one direction of a conjecture due to Collins, Foniok, Korpelainen, Lozin and Zamaraev. Finally, we show that the other direction of the conjecture is false, since $\Gamma$ also contains words that are not almost periodic.
```
@unpublished{bc:cw-sturmian:,
 Author = { Brignall, R. and Cocks, D. },
 Title = { Uncountably many minimal hereditary classes of graphs
           of unbounded clique-width },
 Note = {Submitted}
}
```
Atminas, A., Brignall, R., Lozin, V., and Stacho, J., Minimal classes of graphs of unbounded clique-width defined by finitely many forbidden induced subgraphs. Discrete Applied Mathematics 295 (2021), 57-69.
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
We discover new hereditary classes of graphs that are minimal (with respect to set inclusion) of unbounded clique-width. The new examples include split permutation graphs and bichain graphs. Each of these classes is characterised by a finite list of minimal forbidden induced subgraphs. These, therefore, disprove a conjecture due to Daligault, Rao and Thomassé from 2010 claiming that all such minimal classes must be defined by infinitely many forbidden induced subgraphs.

In the same paper, Daligault, Rao and Thomassé make another conjecture that every hereditary class of unbounded clique-width must contain a labelled infinite antichain. We show that the two example classes we consider here satisfy this conjecture. Indeed, they each contain a canonical labelled infinite antichain, which leads us to propose a stronger conjecture: that every hereditary class of graphs that is minimal of unbounded clique-width contains a canonical labelled infinite antichain.
```
@unpublished{abls:bichain-min:,
 Author = { Atminas, A. and Brignall, R. and Lozin, V. and Stacho, J.},
 Title = { Minimal Classes of Graphs of Unbounded Clique-width 
           defined by finitely many forbidden induced subgraphs},
 Note = {Submitted}
}
```
Atminas, A., and Brignall, R., Well-quasi-ordering and finite distinguishing number. Journal of Graph Theory, 95(1) (2020), 5-26.
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
Balogh, Bollobás and Weinreich showed that a parameter that has since been termed the distinguishing number can be used to identify a jump in the possible speeds of hereditary classes of graphs at the sequence of Bell numbers.

We prove that every hereditary class that lies above the Bell numbers and has finite distinguishing number contains a boundary class for well-quasi-ordering. This means that any such hereditary class which in addition is defined by finitely many minimal forbidden induced subgraphs must contain an infinite antichain. As all hereditary classes below the Bell numbers are well-quasi-ordered, our results complete the answer to the question of well-quasi-ordering for hereditary classes with finite distinguishing number.

We also show that the decision procedure of Atminas, Collins, Foniok and Lozin to decide the Bell number (and which now also decides well-quasi-ordering for classes of finite distinguishing number) has run time bounded by an explicit (quadruple exponential) function of the order of the largest minimal forbidden induced subgraph of the class.
```
@unpublished{ab:wqo-distnumber,
  AUTHOR = {Atminas, A. and Brignall, R.},
   TITLE = {Well-quasi-ordering and finite distinguishing number},
    NOTE = {Journal of Graph Theory, accepted}
}
```
Bevan, D., Brignall, R., Elvey Price, A., and Pantone, J., A structural characterisation of Av(1324) and new bounds on its growth rate. European Journal of Combinatorics, 88 (2020), article 103115.
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
We establish an improved lower bound of 10.271 for the exponential growth rate of the class of permutations avoiding the pattern 1324, and an improved upper bound of 13.5. These results depend on a new exact structural characterisation of 1324-avoiders as a subclass of an infinite staircase grid class, together with precise asymptotics of a small "domino" subclass whose enumeration is related to West-two-stack-sortable permutations and planar maps. The bounds are established by carefully combining copies of the dominoes in particular ways consistent with the structural characterisation. The lower bound depends on concentration results concerning the substructure of a typical domino, the determination of exactly when dominoes can be combined in the fewest distinct ways, and technical analysis of the resulting generating function.
```
@unpublished{1324,
   author = {David Bevan and Robert Brignall and Andrew Elvey Price and Jay Pantone},
    title = {A structural characterisation of Av(1324) and new bounds on its growth rate},
     note = {European Journal of Combinatorics, accepted},
}
```
Brignall, R., and Sliačan, J., Combinatorial specifications for juxtapositions of permutation classes. Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 26(4) (2019), #P4.4 (24pp)
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
We show that, given a suitable combinatorial specification for a permutation class $\mathcal{C}$, one can obtain a specification for the juxtaposition (on either side) of $\mathcal{C}$ with Av(21) or Av(12), and that if the enumeration for $\mathcal{C}$ is given by a rational or algebraic generating function, so is the enumeration for the juxtaposition. Furthermore this process can be iterated, thereby providing an effective method to enumerate any "skinny" $k\times 1$ grid class in which at most one cell is non-monotone, with a guarantee on the nature of the enumeration given the nature of the enumeration of the non-monotone cell.
```
@article{bs:context-free,
  AUTHOR = {Brignall, R. and Slia\v{c}an, J.},
   TITLE = {Combinatorial specifications for juxtapositions of permutation classes},
 JOURNAL = {Electron. J. Combin.},
FJOURNAL = {Electronic Journal of Combinatorics},
  VOLUME = {26},
    YEAR = {2019},
  NUMBER = {4},
   PAGES = {P4.4, 24 pp. (electronic)},
}
```
Brignall, R., Jelínek, V., Kynčl, J., and Marchant, D., Zeros of the Möbius function of permutations. Mathematika, 65 (2019), 1074-1092.
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
We show that if a permutation $\pi$ contains two intervals of length 2, where one interval is an ascent and the other a descent, then the Möbius function $\mu[1,\pi]$ of the interval $[1,\pi]$ is zero. As a consequence, we show that the proportion of permutations of length $n$ with principal Möbius function equal to zero is asymptotically bounded below by $(1-1/e)^2\ge 0.3995$. This is the first result determining the value of $\mu[1,\pi]$ for an asymptotically positive proportion of permutations $\pi$.
We also show that if a permutation $\phi$ can be expressed as a direct sum of the form $\alpha\oplus 1 \oplus\beta$, then any permutation $\pi$ containing an interval order-isomorphic to $\phi$ has $\mu[1,\pi]=0$; we deduce this from a more general result showing that $\mu[\sigma,\pi]=0$ whenever $\pi$ contains an interval of a certain form. Finally, we show that if a permutation $\pi$ contains intervals isomorphic to certain pairs of permutations, or to certain permutations of length six, then $\mu[1,\pi]=0$.
```
@article{bjkm:mobius-zeros,
  author  = {Brignall, R. and Jel'inek, V. and Kyn\v{c}l, J. and Marchant, D.},
  title   = {Zeros of the M\"obius function of permutations},
  journal = {Mathematika},
  year    = {2019},
  volume  = {65},
  number  = {4},
  pages   = {1074--1092},
  doi     = {https://doi.org/10.1112/S0025579319000251},
}
```
Brignall, R., Choi, H., Jeong, J., and Oum, S.-i., Deciding whether there are infinitely many prime graphs with forbidden induced subgraphs. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 257 (2019), 60-66.
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
A homogeneous set of a graph $G$ is a set $X$ of vertices such that $2\le \lvert X\rvert <\lvert V(G)\rvert$ and no vertex in $V(G)-X$ has both a neighbor and a non-neighbor in $X$. A graph is prime if it has no homogeneous set. We present an algorithm to decide whether a class of graphs given by a finite set of forbidden induced subgraphs contains infinitely many non-isomorphic prime graphs.
```
@article{bcjo:deciding-prime,
  author  = {Robert Brignall and Hojin Choi and Jisu Jeong and Sang-il Oum},
  title   = {Deciding whether there are infinitely many prime graphs with 
             forbidden induced subgraphs},
  journal = {Discrete Applied Mathematics},
  year    = {2019},
  volume  = {257},
  pages   = {60--66},
  doi     = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2018.10.030},
  issn    = {0166-218X},
  url     = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166218X18305778}
}
```
Albert, M.H., Brignall, R., Ruškuc, N., and Vatter, V., Rationality for subclasses of 321-avoiding permutations. European Journal of Combinatorics, 78 (2019), 44-72.
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
We prove that every proper subclass of the 321-avoiding permutations that is defined either by only finitely many additional restrictions or is well quasi-ordered has a rational generating function. To do so we show that any such class is in bijective correspondence with a regular language. The proof makes significant use of formal languages and of a host of encodings, including a new mapping called the panel encoding that maps languages over the infinite alphabet of positive integers avoiding certain subwords to languages over finite alphabets.
```
@ARTICLE{abrv:av321,
  author  = {Michael Albert and Robert Brignall and Nik Ru\v{s}kuc and Vincent Vatter},
  title   = {Rationality for subclasses of 321-avoiding permutations},
  journal = {European Journal of Combinatorics},
  year    = {2019},
  volume  = {78},
  pages   = {44--72},
  doi     = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2019.01.001},
  issn    = {0195-6698},
  url     = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195669819300010}
}
```
Brignall, R., Engen, M., and Vatter, V., A counterexample regarding labelled-well-quasi-ordering. Graphs and Combinatorics, 34 (6) (2018), 1395-1409.
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
Korpelainen, Lozin, and Razgon conjectured that a hereditary property of graphs which is well-quasi-ordered by the induced subgraph order and defined by only finitely many minimal forbidden induced subgraphs is labelled well-quasi-ordered, a notion stronger than that of n-well-quasi-order introduced by Pouzet in the 1970s. We present a counterexample to this conjecture. In fact, we exhibit a hereditary property of graphs which is well-quasi-ordered by the induced subgraph order and defined by finitely many minimal forbidden induced subgraphs yet is not 2-well-quasi-ordered. This counterexample is based on the widdershins spiral, which has received some study in the area of permutation patterns.
```
@ARTICLE{bev:lwqo,
  author  = {Brignall, Robert and Engen, Michael and Vatter, Vincent},
  title   = {A Counterexample Regarding Labelled Well-Quasi-Ordering},
  journal = {Graphs and Combinatorics},
  year    = {2018},
  volume  = {34},
  pages   = {1395--1409},
  number  = {6},
  month   = {Nov},
  day     = {01},
  doi     = {10.1007/s00373-018-1962-0},
  issn    = {1435-5914},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s00373-018-1962-0}
}
```
Brignall, R., and Marchant, D., The Möbius function of permutations with an indecomposable lower bound. Discrete Mathematics, 341(5) (2018), 1380-1391.
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
We show that the Möbius function of an interval in a permutation poset where the lower bound is sum (resp. skew) indecomposable depends solely on the sum (resp. skew) indecomposable permutations contained in the upper bound, and that this can simplify the calculation of the Möbius sum. For increasing oscillations, we give a recursion for the Möbius sum which only involves evaluating simple inequalities.
```
@article{bm:mobius,
  AUTHOR = {Brignall, R. and Marchant, D.},
   TITLE = {The M\"obius function of permutations with an indecomposable lower bound},
 JOURNAL = {Discrete Math.},
  VOLUME = {341},
    YEAR = {2018},
   PAGES = {1380--1391}
}
```
Albert, M.H., Atminas, A., and Brignall, R., Characterising inflations of monotone grid classes of permutations. Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A, 154 (2018), 444-463.
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
We characterise those permutation classes whose simple permutations are monotone griddable. This characterisation is obtained by identifying a set of nine substructures, at least one of which must occur in any simple permutation containing a long sum of 21s.
```
@article{aab:simple-21s,
  AUTHOR = {Albert, M.H. and Atminas, A. and Brignall, R.},
   TITLE = {Characterising inflations of monotone 
   	    grid classes of permutations}
 JOURNAL = {J. Combin. Theory Ser. A},
FJOURNAL = {Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A},
  VOLUME = {154},
    YEAR = {2018},
   PAGES = {444--463},
}
```
Brignall, R., and Sliačan, J., Juxtaposing Catalan permutation classes with monotone ones. Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 24(2) (2017), #P2.11 (16pp)
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
This paper enumerates all juxtaposition classes of the form "Av(abc) next to Av(xy)", where abc is a permutation of length three and xy is a permutation of length two. We use Dyck paths decorated by sequences of points to represent elements from such a juxtaposition class. Context free grammars are then used to enumerate these decorated Dyck paths.
```
@article{bs:juxt-catalan,
  AUTHOR = {Brignall, R. and Slia\v{c}an, J.},
   TITLE = {Juxtaposing Catalan permutation classes 
   	    with monotone ones}
 JOURNAL = {Electron. J. Combin.},
FJOURNAL = {Electronic Journal of Combinatorics},
  VOLUME = {24(2)},
    YEAR = {2017},
  NUMBER = {2},
   PAGES = {P2.11, 16 pp. (electronic)},
}
```
Brignall, R., Korpelainen, N., and Vatter, V., Linear clique-width for hereditary classes of cographs. Journal of Graph Theory, 84 (2017), 501-511.
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
The class of cographs is known to have unbounded linear clique-width. We prove that a hereditary class of cographs has bounded linear clique-width if and only if it does not contain all quasi-threshold graphs or their complements. The proof borrows ideas from the enumeration of permutation classes.
```
@article{bkv:lcw-cographs:,
 author = {Brignall, R. and Korpelainen, N. and Vatter, V.},
  title = {Linear clique-width for hereditary classes of cographs},
journal = {Journal of Graph Theory},
 volume = {84},
 number = {4},
    url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgt.22037},
    doi = {10.1002/jgt.22037},
  pages = {501--511},
   year = {2017},
}
```
Albert, M.H., and Brignall, R., $2\times 2$ monotone grid classes are finitely based. Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, 18(2), 2016, #1 (Permutation Patterns 2015)
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
In this note, we prove that all $2 \times 2$ monotone grid classes are finitely based, i.e., defined by a finite collection of minimal forbidden permutations. This follows from a slightly more general result about certain $2 \times 2$ having two monotone cells in the same row.
```
@article{ab:grid-basis,
  TITLE = {$2\times 2$ monotone grid classes are finitely based},
  AUTHOR = {Albert, Michael and Brignall, Robert},
  URL = {http://dmtcs.episciences.org/1378},
  JOURNAL = {Discrete Mathematics \& Theoretical Computer Science},
  VOLUME = {vol. 18 no. 2, Permutation Patterns 2015},
  PAGES = {\#1},
  YEAR = {2016},
  MONTH = Nov,
  KEYWORDS = {Mathematics - Combinatorics ; 05A05},
}
```
Brignall, R., Lozin, V., and Stacho, J., Bichain graphs: geometric model and universal graphs. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 199 (2016), 16-29
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
Bichain graphs form a bipartite analog of split permutation graphs, also known as split graphs of Dilworth number 2. Unlike graphs of Dilworth number 1 that enjoy many nice properties, split permutation graphs are substantially more complex. To better understand the global structure of split permutation graphs, in the present paper we study their bipartite analog. We show that bichain graphs admit a simple geometric representation and have a universal element of quadratic order, i.e. a bichain graph with $n^2$ vertices that contains all $n$-vertex bichain graphs as induced subgraphs. The latter result improves a recent cubic construction of universal split permutation graphs.
```
@article{bls:bichain:,
  author  = {Brignall, R. and Lozin, V and Stacho, J.},
  title   = {Bichain graphs: geometric model and universal graphs},
  journal = {Discrete Appl. Math.},
  year    = {2016},
  volume  = {199},
  pages   = {16--29}
}
```
Atminas, A., Brignall, R., Korpelainen, N., Lozin, V., and Vatter, V., Well-quasi-order for permutation graphs omitting a path and a clique. Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 22(2) (2015), #P2.20 (21pp)
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
We consider well-quasi-order for classes of permutation graphs which omit both a path and a clique. Our principle result is that the class of permutation graphs omitting $P_5$ and a clique of any size is well-quasi-ordered. This is proved by giving a structural decomposition of the corresponding permutations. We also exhibit three infinite antichains to show that the classes of permutation graphs omitting $\{P_6,K_6\}$, $\{P_7,K_5\}$, and $\{P_8,K_4\}$ are not well-quasi-ordered.
```
@article{ablkv:wqo-path-clique:,
 AUTHOR  = { Atminas, A. and Brignall, R. and Korpelainen, N. 
            and Lozin, V. and Vatter, V.},
   TITLE = { Well-Quasi-Order for Permutation Graphs Omitting 
           a Path and a Clique},
 JOURNAL = {Electron. J. Combin.},
FJOURNAL = {Electronic Journal of Combinatorics},
  VOLUME = {22(2)},
    YEAR = {2015},
  NUMBER = {2},
   PAGES = {P2.20, 21 pp. (electronic)},
}
```
Brignall, R., and Vatter, V., A simple proof of a theorem of Schmerl and Trotter for permutations. Journal of Combinatorics, 6 (2015) No. 1-2, 47-54
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
When specialized to the context of permutations, Schmerl and Trotter's Theorem states that every simple permutation which is not a parallel alternation contains a simple permutation with one fewer entry. We give an elementary proof of this result.
```
@article{bv:schmerl-trotter:,
  AUTHOR = { Brignall, R. and Vatter, V.},
   TITLE = { A simple proof of a theorem of 
 	   Schmerl and Trotter for permutations}
 JOURNAL = {J. Combin.},
FJOURNAL = {Journal of Combinatorics},
  VOLUME = {6},
    YEAR = {2015},
  NUMBER = {1--2},
   PAGES = {47--54},
}
```
Albert, M.H., and Brignall, R., Enumerating indices of Schubert varieties defined by inclusions. Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A, 123 (2014), 154-168
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
By extending the notion of grid classes to include infinite grids, we establish a structural characterisation of the simple permutations in Av(4231, 31524, 42513, 351624), a pattern class which has three different connections with algebraic geometry, including the specification of indices of Schubert varieties defined by inclusions. This characterisation leads to the enumeration of the class.
```
@article{ab:enumerating-indices:,
  AUTHOR = {Albert, A. and Brignall, R.},
   TITLE = {Enumerating indices of Schubert varieties defined by inclusions}
 JOURNAL = {J. Combin. Theory Ser. A},
FJOURNAL = {Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A},
  VOLUME = {123},
    YEAR = {2014},
  NUMBER = {1--2},
   PAGES = {154--168},
}
```
Albert, M.H., Brignall, R., and Vatter, V., Large infinite antichains of permutations. Pure Mathematics and Applications, 24 (2013) No. 2, 47-57
[PDF] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
Infinite antichains of permutations have long been used to construct interesting permutation classes and counterexamples. We prove the existence and detail the construction of infinite antichains with arbitrarily large growth rates. As a consequence, we show that every proper permutation class is contained in a class with a rational generating function. While this result implies the conclusion of the Marcus-Tardos theorem, that theorem is used in our proof.
```
@article {antichains-large,
    AUTHOR = {Albert, Michael H. and Brignall, Robert and Vatter, Vincent},
     TITLE = {Large infinite antichains of permutations},
   JOURNAL = {Pure Math. Appl. (PU.M.A.)},
    VOLUME = {24},
      YEAR = {2013},
    NUMBER = {2},
     PAGES = {47--57},
      ISSN = {1218-4586},
}
```

Brignall, R., Georgiou, N., and Waters, R., Modular decomposition and the reconstruction conjecture. Journal of Combinatorics, 3 (2012), 123-134
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]

We prove that a large family of graphs which are decomposable with respect to the modular decomposition can be reconstructed from their collection of vertex-deleted subgraphs.

@article {bgw:recon,
    AUTHOR = {Brignall, Robert and Georgiou, Nicholas and Waters, Robert J.},
     TITLE = {Modular decomposition and the reconstruction conjecture},
   JOURNAL = {J. Comb.},
    VOLUME = {3},
      YEAR = {2012},
    NUMBER = {1},
     PAGES = {123--134},
      ISSN = {2156-3527},
       URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.4310/JOC.2012.v3.n1.a6},
}

Albert, M.H., Atkinson, M.D., and Brignall, R., The enumeration of three pattern classes using monotone grid classes. Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 19(3) (2012), #P20 (34pp)
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
The structure of three pattern classes Av(2143, 4321), Av(2143, 4312) and Av(1324, 4312) is determined using the machinery of monotone grid classes. This allows the permutations in these classes to be described in terms of simple diagrams and regular languages and, using this, the rational generating functions which enumerate these classes are determined.
```
@article{aab:three-enumerations:,
 Author = {Albert, M. H. and Atkinson, M. D. and Brignall, R.},
 Title = {The enumeration of three pattern classes using monotone grid classes},
 JOURNAL = {Electron. J. Combin.},
FJOURNAL = {Electronic Journal of Combinatorics},
  VOLUME = {19(3)},
    YEAR = {2012},
  NUMBER = {3},
   PAGES = {P20, 34 pp. (electronic)},
}
```
Brignall, R., Grid classes and partial well order. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A, 119 (2012), 99-116
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
We prove necessary and sufficient conditions on a family of (generalised) gridding matrices to determine when the corresponding permutation classes are partially well-ordered. One direction requires an application of Higman's Theorem and relies on there being only finitely many simple permutations in the only non-monotone cell of each component of the matrix. The other direction is proved by a more general result that allows the construction of infinite antichains in any grid class of a matrix whose graph has a component containing two or more non-monotone-griddable cells. The construction uses a generalisation of pin sequences to grid classes, together with a number of symmetry operations on the rows and columns of a gridding.
```
@article{brignall:pwo-grid-classes:,
  author = {Brignall, R.},
  title = {Grid classes and partial well order},
  journal = {J. Combin. Theory Ser. A},
  year = {2012},
  volume = {119},
  pages = {99--116},
  number = {1},
  fjournal = {Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A},
}
```

Albert, M.H., Atkinson, M.D., and Brignall, R., The enumeration of permutations avoiding 2143 and 4231. Pure Mathematics and Applications, 22 (2011) No. 2, 87-98
[PDF] [BibTeX] [Abstract]

We enumerate the pattern class Av(2143, 4231) and completely describe its permutations. The main tools are simple permutations and monotone grid classes.

@article{aab:2143-4231-enum:,
 Author = {Albert, M. H. and Atkinson, M. D. and Brignall, R.},
 Title = {The enumeration of permutations avoiding 2143 and 4231},
    JOURNAL = {Pure Math. Appl. (PU.M.A.)},
  FJOURNAL = {Pure Mathematics and Applications. PU.M.A.},
    VOLUME = {22},
      YEAR = {2011},
    NUMBER = {2},
     PAGES = {87--98},
}

Brignall, R., Ruškuc, N., and Vatter, V., Simple extensions of combinatorial structures. Mathematika, 57 (2011), 193-214
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
An interval in a combinatorial structure $R$ is a set $I$ of points which are related to every point in $R\setminus I$ in the same way. A structure is simple if it has no proper intervals. Every combinatorial structure can be expressed as an inflation of a simple structure by structures of smaller sizes --- this is called the substitution (or modular) decomposition. In this paper we prove several results of the following type: An arbitrary structure $S$ of size $n\) belonging to a class $\mathcal{C}$ can be embedded into a simple structure from $\mathcal{C}$ by adding at most $f(n)$ elements. We prove such results when $\mathcal{C}$ is the class of all tournaments, graphs, permutations, posets, digraphs, oriented graphs and general relational structures containing a relation of arity greater than 2. The function $f(n)$ in these cases is 2, $\lceil \log_2(n+1)\rceil$, $\lceil (n+1)/2\rceil$, $\lceil (n+1)/2\rceil$, $\lceil \log_4(n+1)\rceil$, $\lceil \log_3(n+1)\rceil$ and 1, respectively. In each case these bounds are best possible.
```
@article {simple-extensions,
    AUTHOR = {Brignall, Robert and Ru{\v{s}}kuc, Nik and Vatter, Vincent},
     TITLE = {Simple extensions of combinatorial structures},
   JOURNAL = {Mathematika},
    VOLUME = {57},
      YEAR = {2011},
    NUMBER = {2},
     PAGES = {193--214},
      ISSN = {0025-5793},
       URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1112/S0025579310001518},
}
```
Albert, M.H., Atkinson, M.D., Brignall, R., Ruškuc, N., Smith, R., and West, J., Growth rates for subclasses of Av(321). Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 17(1) (2010), #R141 (16pp)
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
Pattern classes which avoid 321 and other patterns are shown to have the same growth rates as similar (but strictly larger) classes obtained by adding articulation points to any or all of the other patterns. The method of proof is to show that the elements of the latter classes can be represented as bounded merges of elements of the original class, and that the bounded merge construction does not change growth rates.
```
@article {albert:321avoiders,
    AUTHOR = {Albert, M. H. and Atkinson, M. D. and Brignall, R. and Ru\v{s}kuc, N. and Smith, Rebecca and West, J.},
     TITLE = {Growth rates for subclasses of Av(321)},
   JOURNAL = {Electron. J. Combin.},
  FJOURNAL = {Electronic Journal of Combinatorics},
    VOLUME = {17(1)},
      YEAR = {2010},
    NUMBER = {1},
     PAGES = {Research Paper 141, 16 pp. (electronic)},
}
```
Brignall, R., A survey of simple permutations. S. Linton, N. Ruškuc and V. Vatter, Eds., vol. 376 of London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series, Cambridge University Press, pp. 41-65
[PDF] [Book] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
We survey the known results about simple permutations. In particular, we present a number of recent enumerative and structural results pertaining to simple permutations, and show how simple permutations play an important role in the study of permutation classes. We demonstrate how classes containing only finitely many simple permutations satisfy a number of special properties relating to enumeration, partial well-order and the property of being finitely based.
```
@incollection {brignall:a-survey-of-sim:,
    AUTHOR = {Brignall, Robert},
     TITLE = {A Survey of Simple Permutations},
 BOOKTITLE = {Permutation Patterns},
    SERIES = {London Math. Soc. Lecture Note Ser.},
    VOLUME = {376},
     PAGES = {41-65},
 PUBLISHER = {Cambridge Univ. Press},
   ADDRESS = {Cambridge},
      YEAR = {2010},
    EDITOR = {Linton, Steve and Ru\v{s}kuc, Nik and Vatter, Vincent}
}
```
Brignall, R., Ekhad, S.B., Smith, R., and Vatter, V., Almost avoiding permutations. Discrete Mathematics 309 (2009), 6626-6631
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
We investigate a new notion of approximately avoiding a permutation: $\pi$ almost avoids $\beta$ if one can remove a single entry from $\pi$ to obtain a $\beta$-avoiding permutation.
```
@article{brignall:almost,
    AUTHOR = {Brignall, Robert, and Ekhad, Shalosh B., 
              and Smith, Rebecca and Vatter, Vincent},
     TITLE = {Almost avoiding permutations}
   JOURNAL = {Discrete Math.},
    VOLUME = {309},
      YEAR = {2009},
     PAGES = {6626--6631},
}
```
Brignall, R., Huczynska, S., and Vatter, V., Decomposing simple permutations, with enumerative consequences. Combinatorica, 28 (4) (2008) 385-400
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
We prove that every sufficiently long simple permutation contains two long almost disjoint simple subsequences, and then we show how this result has enumerative consequences. For example, it implies that, for any $r$, the number of permutations with at most $r$ copies of 132 has an algebraic generating function (this was previously proved, constructively, by Bóna and (independently) Mansour and Vainshtein).
```
@article {brignall:simple-decomp:,
    AUTHOR = {Brignall, Robert and Huczynska, Sophie and Vatter, Vincent},
     TITLE = {Decomposing simple permutations, with enumerative consequences},
   JOURNAL = {Combinatorica},
    VOLUME = {28},
      YEAR = {2008},
    NUMBER = {4},
     PAGES = {385--400},
      ISSN = {0209-9683},
}
```
Brignall, R., Huczynska, S., and Vatter, V., Simple permutations and algebraic generating functions. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A 115 (2008), 423-441
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
A simple permutation is one that never maps a nontrivial contiguous set of indices contiguously. Given a set of permutations that is closed under taking subpermutations and contains only finitely many simple permutations, we provide a framework for enumerating subsets that are restricted by properties belonging to a finite "query-complete set". Such properties include being even, being an alternating permutation, and avoiding a given generalised (blocked or barred) pattern. We show that the generating functions for these subsets are always algebraic, thereby generalising recent results of Albert and Atkinson. We also apply these techniques to the enumeration of involutions and cyclic closures
```
@article {brignall:simple-enum:,
    AUTHOR = {Brignall, Robert and Huczynska, Sophie and Vatter, Vincent},
     TITLE = {Simple permutations and algebraic generating functions},
   JOURNAL = {J. Combin. Theory Ser. A},
    VOLUME = {115},
      YEAR = {2008},
    NUMBER = {3},
     PAGES = {423--441},
      ISSN = {0097-3165},
}
```
Brignall, R., Ruškuc, N., and Vatter, V., Simple permutations: decidability and unavoidable substructures. Theoretical Computer Science 391 (2008), 150-163
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
We prove that it is decidable whether a finitely based permutation class contains infinitely many simple permutations, and establish an unavoidable substructure result for simple permutations: every sufficiently long simple permutation contains an alternation or oscillation of length $k$.
```
@article {brignall:simple-decide:,
    AUTHOR = {Brignall, Robert and Ru{\v{s}}kuc, Nik and Vatter, Vincent},
     TITLE = {Simple permutations: decidability and unavoidable substructures},
   JOURNAL = {Theoret. Comput. Sci.},
    VOLUME = {391},
      YEAR = {2008},
    NUMBER = {1-2},
     PAGES = {150--163},
      ISSN = {0304-3975},
}
```
Albert, M.H., Atkinson, M.D., and Brignall, R., Permutation classes of polynomial growth. Annals of Combinatorics 11 (2007), no. 3-4, 249--264
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
A pattern class is a set of permutations closed under the formation of subpermutations. Such classes can be characterised as those permutations not involving a particular set of forbidden permutations. A simple collection of necessary and sufficient conditions on sets of forbidden permutations which ensure that the associated pattern class is of polynomial growth is determined. A catalogue of all such sets of forbidden permutations having three or fewer elements is provided together with bounds on the degrees of the associated enumerating polynomials.
```
@article {albert:polypaper:,
    AUTHOR = {Albert, M. H. and Atkinson, M. D. and Brignall, Robert},
     TITLE = {Permutation classes of polynomial growth},
   JOURNAL = {Ann. Comb.},
  FJOURNAL = {Annals of Combinatorics},
    VOLUME = {11},
      YEAR = {2007},
    NUMBER = {3-4},
     PAGES = {249--264},
      ISSN = {0218-0006},
}
```
Brignall, R., Wreath products of permutation classes. Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 14 (2007), #R46 (15pp)
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
A permutation class which is closed under pattern involvement may be described in terms of its basis. The wreath product construction $X \wr Y$ of two permutation classes $X$ and $Y$ is also closed, and we investigate classes $Y$ with the property that, for any finitely based class $X$, the wreath product $X \wr Y$ is also finitely based.
```
@article {brignall:wreath-product:,
    AUTHOR = {Brignall, Robert},
     TITLE = {Wreath products of permutation classes},
   JOURNAL = {Electron. J. Combin.},
  FJOURNAL = {Electronic Journal of Combinatorics},
    VOLUME = {14},
      YEAR = {2007},
    NUMBER = {1},
     PAGES = {Research Paper 46, 15 pp. (electronic)},
      ISSN = {1077-8926},
}
```

Conference paper

Bevan, D., Brignall, R., Elvey Price, A., and Pantone, J., Staircases, dominoes, and the growth rate of 1324-avoiders. Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics, 61 (August 2017), 123-129.
[PDF] [Journal] [BibTeX] [Abstract]
We establish a lower bound of 10.271 for the growth rate of the permutations avoiding 1324, and an upper bound of 13.5. This is done by first finding the precise growth rate of a subclass whose enumeration is related to West-2-stack-sortable permutations, and then combining copies of this subclass in particular ways.
```
@article{1324endm,
   author = {David Bevan and Robert Brignall and Andrew Elvey Price and Jay Pantone},
    title = {Staircases, dominoes, and the growth rate of 1324-avoiders },
  journal = {Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics },
     year = {2017},
   volume = {61},
    pages = {123 - 129},
     note = {The European Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Applications
	     (EUROCOMB 17) },
}
```

Theses

Brignall, R., Pattern classes of permutations: constructions, atomicity and the finite basis property, M.Sc. Thesis, September 2004. [PDF]
Brignall, R., Simplicity in Relational Structures and its Application to Permutation Classes, Ph.D. Thesis, October 2007. [PDF]

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Scottish Combinatorics Meeting, St Andrews, Scotland, 25th April 2017. [PDF]
Pure Mathematics Colloquium, St Andrews, Scotland, 13th January 2016. [PDF]
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Pure Mathematics Colloquium, St Andrews, Scotland, 13th May 2010. [PDF]
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European Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Applications (EUROCOMB'17), Vienna, Austria, 28th August 2017. [PDF]
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8th International Conference on Permutation Patterns, Dartmouth College, NH, USA, 10th August 2010. [Notes - 1.2MB]
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18th Postgraduate Combinatorial Conference, St Andrews, Scotland, 6th June 2007. [PDF]
4th International Conference on Permutation Patterns, Reykjavik, Iceland, 15th June 2006. [PDF]
EMS Postgraduate Students' Meeting, The Burn, Edzell, 11th May 2005. [PDF]
3rd International Conference on Permutation Patterns, Gainesville, Florida, USA, 10th March 2005. [PDF]

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