even permutation
noun Mathematics.
a permutation of a set of n elements, x1, x2, … xn, that leaves unchanged the product of all differences of the form (xi — xj), where i is less than j.
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Nearby words
- evelyn, john,
- evemerus,
- even,
- even money,
- even out,
- even so,
- even up,
- even-handed,
- even-minded,
- even-steven
Compare odd permutation.
Origin of even permutation
First recorded in 1930–35
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