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{\bf F. Caselli, C. Krattenthaler, B. Lass and P. Nadeau}
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{\bf On the Number of Fully Packed Loop Configurations 
with a Fixed Associated Matching}
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We show that the number of fully packed loop configurations
corresponding to a matching with $m$ nested arches is polynomial in
$m$ if $m$ is large enough, thus essentially proving two conjectures
by Zuber [{\it Electronic J. Combin.} {\bf11}(1) (2004),
Article~\#R13].

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