odd permutation

American  

noun

Mathematics.

1. a permutation of a set of n elements, x 1 , x 2 , …, xn, which permutes the product of all differences of the form (xi –xj ), where i is less than j, into the negative of the product.

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Etymology

Origin of odd permutation

First recorded in 1925–30

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