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  2. Permutation - Wikipedia

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    A different rule for multiplying permutations comes from writing the argument to the left of the function, so that the leftmost permutation acts first. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ] In this notation, the permutation is often written as an exponent, so σ acting on x is written x σ ; then the product is defined by x σ ⋅ τ = ( x σ ) τ ...

  3. Factorial number system - Wikipedia

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    In combinatorics, the factorial number system, also called factoradic, is a mixed radix numeral system adapted to numbering permutations. It is also called factorial base , although factorials do not function as base , but as place value of digits.

  4. Stirling's approximation - Wikipedia

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    However, the gamma function, unlike the factorial, is more broadly defined for all complex numbers other than non-positive integers; nevertheless, Stirling's formula may still be applied.

  5. Factorial - Wikipedia

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    It separates out the sorted and reversed order of a set of items from the other ("mixed") orders, evaluating the number of mixed orders by subtracting two from the usual product formula for the factorial. The product rule for permutations was also described by 6th-century CE Jain monk Jinabhadra. [2]

  6. List of permutation topics - Wikipedia

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    Enumerations of specific permutation classes; Factorial. Falling factorial; Permutation matrix. Generalized permutation matrix; Inversion (discrete mathematics) Major index; Ménage problem; Permutation graph; Permutation pattern; Permutation polynomial; Permutohedron; Rencontres numbers; Robinson–Schensted correspondence; Sum of permutations ...

  7. Derangement - Wikipedia

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    This is the limit of the probability that a randomly selected permutation of a large number of objects is a derangement. The probability converges to this limit extremely quickly as n increases, which is why !n is the nearest integer to n!/e. The above semi-log graph shows that the derangement graph lags the permutation graph by an almost ...

  8. Stirling numbers of the first kind - Wikipedia

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    We prove the recurrence relation using the definition of Stirling numbers in terms of permutations with a given number of cycles (or equivalently, orbits). Consider forming a permutation of + objects from a permutation of objects by adding a distinguished object. There are exactly two ways in which this can be accomplished.

  9. Heap's algorithm - Wikipedia

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    In a 1977 review of permutation-generating algorithms, Robert Sedgewick concluded that it was at that time the most effective algorithm for generating permutations by computer. [ 2 ] The sequence of permutations of n objects generated by Heap's algorithm is the beginning of the sequence of permutations of n +1 objects.