The major index of the composition. The descents of a composition $[c_1,c_2,\dots,c_k]$ are the partial sums $c_1, c_1+c_2,\dots, c_1+\dots+c_{k-1}$, excluding the sum of all parts. The major index of a composition is the sum of its descents. For details about the major index see [[Permutations/Descents-Major]].

The major index of a binary word. This is the sum of the positions of descents, i.e., a one followed by a zero. For words of length $n$ with $a$ zeros, the generating function for the major index is the $q$-binomial coefficient $\binom{n}{a}_q$.

The number of inversions of a binary word.

The index of a given binary word in the lex-order among all its cyclic shifts.

The modular major index of a binary word. This is [[St000290]] modulo the length of the word.

The area of a Dyck path. This is the number of complete squares in the integer lattice which are below the path and above the x-axis. The 'half-squares' directly above the axis do not contribute to this statistic. 1. Dyck paths are bijection with '''area sequences''' $(a_1,\ldots,a_n)$ such that $a_1 = 0, a_{k+1} \leq a_k + 1$. 2. The generating function $\mathbf{D}_n(q) = \sum_{D \in \mathfrak{D}_n} q^{\operatorname{area}(D)}$ satisfy the recurrence $$\mathbf{D}_{n+1}(q) = \sum q^k \mathbf{D}_k(q) \mathbf{D}_{n-k}(q).$$ 3. The area is equidistributed with [[St000005]] and [[St000006]]. Pairs of these statistics play an important role in the theory of $q,t$-Catalan numbers.

The number of edges of a graph.

The degree of the graph. This is the maximal vertex degree of a graph.

The sum of the heights of the peaks of a Dyck path minus the number of peaks.

The sum of the areas of the rectangles formed by two consecutive peaks and the valley in between. For a Dyck path $D = D_1 \cdots D_{2n}$ with peaks in positions $i_1 < \ldots < i_k$ and valleys in positions $j_1 < \ldots < j_{k-1}$, this statistic is given by $$ \sum_{a=1}^{k-1} (j_a-i_a)(i_{a+1}-j_a) $$