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Robinson-Schensted correspondence

Robinson-Schensted correspondence noun: a bijective correspondence between permutations and pairs of standard Young tableaux of the same shape. It has applications in combinatorics and other areas.

Noun

Robinson-Schensted correspondence (plural Robinson-Schensted correspondences)

  1. A bijective correspondence between permutations and pairs of standard Young tableaux of the same shape. It has applications in combinatorics and other areas.

Forms of Robinson-Schensted correspondence

pluralRobinson-Schensted correspondences

Origin of Robinson-Schensted correspondence

Named after two mathematicians who worked in this area, Robinson (in 1938) and Schensted (1961).

Questions about Robinson-Schensted correspondence

What does Robinson-Schensted correspondence mean?
Robinson-Schensted correspondence means a bijective correspondence between permutations and pairs of standard Young tableaux of the same shape. It has applications in combinatorics and other areas.
What part of speech is Robinson-Schensted correspondence?
Robinson-Schensted correspondence is a noun.
What is the plural of Robinson-Schensted correspondence?
The plural of Robinson-Schensted correspondence is Robinson-Schensted correspondences.

Words near Robinson-Schensted correspondence in the dictionary

  1. Robinson Island
  2. Robinson Mill
  3. Robinson projection
  4. Robinson projections
  5. Robinson's mouse opossum
  6. Robinson-Schensted correspondence
  7. Robinson-Schensted correspondences
  8. robinsonade
  9. robinsonades
  10. Robinsonesque
  11. Robinsonian

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