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Sjoerd E. Crans

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The graded set of n-dimensional ( p, q)-shuffles is endowed with the structure of well-formed loop-free pasting scheme. In the process, well-formed subpasting schemes and their sources and targets are characterized, using a higher Bruhat type order.

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