Permutation
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In combinatorics, a permutation is a rearrangement of the elements in an ordered list S into a one-to-one correspondence with S itself. Combinatorics studies the number of possible ways of doing this under various conditions.
Permutation is a college-level concept that would be first encountered in a discrete mathematics course covering combinatorics. It is listed in the California State Standards for Algebra II.
Prerequisites
| Factorial: | The factorial of a positive integer n, denoted n!, is the product of the first n positive integers. |