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excedance

excedance noun: a position in a permutation occupied by a value greater than the position number. Also the misspelling of exceedance.

Noun

excedance

  1. A position in a permutation occupied by a value greater than the position number.
    • A number i for which π(i) ≥ i is called a weak excedance of π, while a number i for which π(i) > i is called an excedance of π.1997, Richard P. Stanley, Enumerative Combinatorics, 2nd edition, volume 1, page 23

Also used as

excedance is also the misspelling of exceedance.

Questions about excedance

What does excedance mean?
Excedance means a position in a permutation occupied by a value greater than the position number.
What part of speech is excedance?
Excedance is a noun.

Words near excedance in the dictionary

  1. excecated
  2. excecates
  3. excecating
  4. excecation
  5. excecations
  6. excedance
  7. excede
  8. exceded
  9. excedent
  10. excedents
  11. excedes

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