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permutation groups

permutation groups is the plural of permutation group.

Meaning of permutation group

Noun

permutation group (plural permutation groups)

  1. A group whose elements are permutations (self-bijections) of a given set and whose group operation is function composition.
    • In this chapter we shall be concerned with the relationship between permutation groups and graphs. We begin by explaining how a transitive permutation group may be represented graphically, and then we reverse the process, showing that a graph gives rise to a permutation group.1979, Norman L. Biggs, A. T. White, Permutation Groups and Combinatorial Structures, page 80
    Synonyms:
    transformation group

Questions about permutation groups

What is permutation groups the plural of?
Permutation groups is the plural of permutation group.

Words near permutation groups in the dictionary

  1. permutating
  2. permutation
  3. permutation box
  4. permutation boxes
  5. permutation group
  6. permutation groups
  7. permutation lock
  8. permutation locks
  9. permutational
  10. permutationally
  11. permutations

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