The minimum of the number of parts and the size of the first part of an integer partition. This is also an upper bound on the maximal number of non-attacking rooks that can be placed on the Ferrers board.

The balance of a binary word. The balance of a word is the smallest number $q$ such that the word is $q$-balanced [1]. A binary word $w$ is $q$-balanced if for any two factors $u$, $v$ of $w$ of the same length, the difference between the number of ones in $u$ and $v$ is at most $q$.

Half the length of a longest factor which is its own reverse-complement of a binary word.

The number of stack-sorts needed to sort a permutation. A permutation is (West) $t$-stack sortable if it is sortable using $t$ stacks in series. Let $W_t(n,k)$ be the number of permutations of size $n$ with $k$ descents which are $t$-stack sortable. Then the polynomials $W_{n,t}(x) = \sum_{k=0}^n W_t(n,k)x^k$ are symmetric and unimodal. We have $W_{n,1}(x) = A_n(x)$, the Eulerian polynomials. One can show that $W_{n,1}(x)$ and $W_{n,2}(x)$ are real-rooted. Precisely the permutations that avoid the pattern $231$ have statistic at most $1$, see [3]. These are counted by $\frac{1}{n+1}\binom{2n}{n}$ ([[OEIS:A000108]]). Precisely the permutations that avoid the pattern $2341$ and the barred pattern $3\bar 5241$ have statistic at most $2$, see [4]. These are counted by $\frac{2(3n)!}{(n+1)!(2n+1)!}$ ([[OEIS:A000139]]).

The maximum drop size of a permutation. The maximum drop size of a permutation $\pi$ of $[n]=\{1,2,\ldots, n\}$ is defined to be the maximum value of $i-\pi(i)$.

The side length of the Durfee square of an integer partition. Given a partition $\lambda = (\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_n)$, the Durfee square is the largest partition $(s^s)$ whose diagram fits inside the diagram of $\lambda$. In symbols, $s = \max\{ i \mid \lambda_i \geq i \}$. This is also known as the Frobenius rank.

The domination number of a graph. The domination number of a graph is given by the minimum size of a dominating set of vertices. A dominating set of vertices is a subset of the vertex set of such that every vertex is either in this subset or adjacent to an element of this subset.

The smallest part of an integer composition.

The side length of the largest staircase partition fitting into a partition. For an integer partition $(\lambda_1\geq \lambda_2\geq\dots)$ this is the largest integer $k$ such that $\lambda_i > k-i$ for $i\in\{1,\dots,k\}$. In other words, this is the length of a longest (strict) north-east chain of cells in the Ferrers diagram of the partition, using the English convention. Equivalently, this is the maximal number of non-attacking rooks that can be placed on the Ferrers diagram. This is also the maximal number of occurrences of a colour in a proper colouring of a Ferrers diagram. A colouring of a Ferrers diagram is proper if no two cells in a row or in a column have the same colour. The minimal number of colours needed is the maximum of the length and the first part of the partition, because we can restrict a latin square to the shape. We can associate to each colouring the integer partition recording how often each colour is used, see [1]. This statistic records the largest part occurring in any of these partitions.

The Hadwiger number of the graph. Also known as clique contraction number, this is the size of the largest complete minor.