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even permutation
Word Origin
noun
,
Mathematics.
1.
a permutation of a set of
n
elements,
x
1
,
x
2
, …
x
n
,
that leaves unchanged the product of all differences of the form (
x
i
—
x
j
), where
i
is less than
j.
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odd permutation
.
Origin of
even permutation
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1930-1935
First recorded in
1930-35
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018.
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