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even permutation
noun
, Mathematics.
- a permutation of a set of n elements, x 1 , x 2 , … xn, that leaves unchanged the product of all differences of the form ( x i — x j ), where i is less than j.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of even permutation1
First recorded in 1930–35
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