Definition of Permutation. Meaning of Permutation. Synonyms of Permutation

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Definition of Permutation

Permutation
Permutation Per`mu*ta"tion, n. [L. permutatio: cf. F. permutation. See Permute.] 1. The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange. The violent convulsions and permutations that have been made in property. --Burke. 2. (Math.) (a) The arrangement of any determinate number of things, as units, objects, letters, etc., in all possible orders, one after the other; -- called also alternation. Cf. Combination, n., 4. (b) Any one of such possible arrangements. 3. (Law) Barter; exchange. Permutation lock, a lock in which the parts can be transposed or shifted, so as to require different arrangements of the tumblers on different occasions of unlocking.

Meaning of Permutation from wikipedia

- In mathematics, a permutation of a set can mean one of two different things: an arrangement of its members in a sequence or linear order, or the act or...
- entries 0.: 26  An n × n permutation matrix can represent a permutation of n elements. Pre-multiplying an n-row matrix M by a permutation matrix P, forming PM...
- cyclic permutation is a permutation consisting of a single cycle. In some cases, cyclic permutations are referred to as cycles; if a cyclic permutation has...
- A permutation test (also called re-randomization test or shuffle test) is an exact statistical hypothesis test making use of the proof by contradiction...
- Look up permutation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In mathematics, permutation relates to the act of arranging all the members of a set into some...
- mathematics, a permutation group is a group G whose elements are permutations of a given set M and whose group operation is the composition of permutations in G...
- the permutations of X (i.e. the bijective functions from X to X) fall into two classes of equal size: the even permutations and the odd permutations. If...
- Combinations and permutations in the mathematical sense are described in several articles. Described together, in-depth: Twelvefold way Explained separately...
- Permutation City is a 1994 science-fiction novel by Greg Egan that explores many concepts, including quantum ontology, through various philosophical aspects...
- A random permutation is a random ordering of a set of objects, that is, a permutation-valued random variable. The use of random permutations is often...