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  2. Permutation - Wikipedia

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    In elementary combinatorics, the k-permutations, or partial permutations, are the ordered arrangements of k distinct elements selected from a set. When k is equal to the size of the set, these are the permutations in the previous sense.

  3. Permutation pattern - Wikipedia

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    A k-superpattern is a permutation that contains all permutations of length k. For example, 25314 is a 3-superpattern because it contains all 6 permutations of length 3. It is known that k-superpatterns must have length at least k 2 /e 2, where e ≈ 2.71828 is Euler's number, [33] and that there exist k-superpatterns of length ⌈(k 2 + 1)/2 ...

  4. Cyclic permutation - Wikipedia

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    A cyclic permutation consisting of a single 8-cycle. There is not widespread consensus about the precise definition of a cyclic permutation. Some authors define a permutation σ of a set X to be cyclic if "successive application would take each object of the permuted set successively through the positions of all the other objects", [1] or, equivalently, if its representation in cycle notation ...

  5. Permutation polynomial - Wikipedia

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    Let K be an algebraic number field with R the ring of integers. The term "Schur's conjecture" refers to the assertion that, if a polynomial f defined over K is a permutation polynomial on R/P for infinitely many prime ideals P, then f is the composition of Dickson polynomials, degree-one polynomials, and polynomials of the form x k.

  6. Combination - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a combination is a selection of items from a set that has distinct members, such that the order of selection does not matter (unlike permutations).For example, given three fruits, say an apple, an orange and a pear, there are three combinations of two that can be drawn from this set: an apple and a pear; an apple and an orange; or a pear and an orange.

  7. Parity of a permutation - Wikipedia

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    Every permutation can be produced by a sequence of transpositions (2-element exchanges). Let the following be one such decomposition σ = T 1 T 2... T k. We want to show that the parity of k is equal to the parity of the number of inversions of σ. Every transposition can be written as a product of an odd number of transpositions of adjacent ...

  8. Combinations and permutations - Wikipedia

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    Combinations and permutations in the mathematical sense are described in several articles. Described together, in-depth: Twelvefold way; Explained separately in a more accessible way: Combination; Permutation; For meanings outside of mathematics, please see both words’ disambiguation pages: Combination (disambiguation) Permutation ...

  9. Twelvefold way - Wikipedia

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    If G is a group of permutations of N, and H is a group of permutations of X, then we count equivalence classes of functions :. Two functions f and F are considered equivalent if, and only if, there exist g ∈ G , h ∈ H {\displaystyle g\in G,h\in H} so that F = h ∘ f ∘ g {\displaystyle F=h\circ f\circ g} .