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Definition of Permutations
1. permutation [n] - See also: permutation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Permutations
Literary usage of Permutations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Higher Mathematics for Students of Chemistry and Physics: With Special by Joseph William Mellor (1902)
"permutations and Combinations. Each arrangement that can be made by varying the
order of ... For instance, there are two permutations of two things a and b, ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"For example, the combination abc yields the six permutations о b с, а с b, ...
It is easy to prove that the number of permutations of я objects two at a ..."
3. Algebra: An Elementary Text-book for the Higher Classes of Secondary Schools by George Chrystal (1893)
"The number of permutations of n letters of which a group of a. are all alike,
... If we take any one of the x permutations and keep all the rest of the ..."
4. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"When the objects, or letters, are nnt all different, the number of distinct
permutations is, of course, diminished. If there are j>t of one kind, ..."
5. Elements of Algebra by Charles Davies (1839)
"In like manner, the three letters a, I, c, furnish six permutations. tilt: acb
cab lac bca . cba permutations, are the results obtained by writing a certain ..."
6. Algebra for the Use of Colleges and Schools: With Numerous Examples by Isaac Todhunter (1879)
"permutations AND COMBINATIONS. 487. The different orders in which any things can
be arranged are called their permutations. Thus the permutations of the ..."
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