English-Finnish translations for permutation

• permutaatio
  (1, 2, 3), (2, 3, 1) ja (1, 3, 2) ovat saman joukon eri permutaatioita.
  Keskenään erilaisten n:n olion permutaatioiden lukumäärä on n! (n-kertoma).

Definition of permutation

• One of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered
• A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself
• An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements
• A transformation of a set's prime form, by applying one or more of certain operations, specifically, transposition, inversion, and retrograde

Examples

• Which permutation for completing our agenda items makes the most sense?
• This permutation takes each element to the one following it, with the last mapped back to the first.

Related words

• permutation group
• permutation matrix
• permutations that commute
• cyclic permutation
• inversion number of a permutation
• parity of a permutation
• power of a permutation
• sign of a permutation