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odd permutation

noun Mathematics.

a permutation of a set of n elements, x1, x2, …, 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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Nearby words

  1. odd fellow,
  2. odd jobs,
  3. odd lot,
  4. odd man out,
  5. odd or even,
  6. odd trick,
  7. odd-even check,
  8. odd-job,
  9. odd-jobman,
  10. odd-lotter
Compare even permutation.

Origin of odd permutation

First recorded in 1925–30
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