A minimum-change version of the Chung-Feller theorem for Dyck paths

Torsten Mütze, Christoph Standke, Veit Wiechert

A Dyck path with $2k$ steps and $e$ flaws is a path in the integer lattice that starts at the origin and consists of $k$ many $\nearrow$-steps and $k$ many $\searrow$-steps that ch…