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odd permutation
noun
, Mathematics.
- a permutation of a set of n elements, x 1 , x 2 , …, xn, which permutes the product of all differences of the form ( xi – xj ), where i is less than j, into the negative of the product.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of odd permutation1
First recorded in 1925–30
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