Permutation Definition and 276 Threads

Hi guys! I have some difficulty to correctly understand the following formalism. Specifically the using of virgule and the "n" in aink expression. Does the virgule have some rapport with permutation or combination? And what represent the n in the expression? Here you can find the book...

I first thought obviously the solution would be ##5^4##. This made intuitive sense to me because this solution means the first boy can choose one out of five prizes, the second boy can choose one out of five (even if it's the same prize as the first boy's since each boy is eligible for all...

a) p=(4C1*6C2)/(10C3)=0.5 b) p=(4C1*6C2)/(10C3) + (4C2*6C1)/(10C3) + (4C3*6C0)/(10C3)=0.83 Please check if my answer is correct. Thank you very much.

##P^5_0=\frac{5!}{(5-0)!}=1## But when I use ##P^n_r=n(n-1)...(n-r+1)##, I get ##P^5_0=5(4)...(6)## Where is the mistake? Thanks

I'm playing a Steam game called Shapez wherein the goal is to produce and deliver given shapes to the Hub by conveyor belt. In the screencap you can see resources of discs and squares and well as green and red, which are to be extracted, chopped up and recombined to form the "product"...

There is a proof that shows by induction (and by contradiction) that the identity permutation decomposes into an even number of transpositions. The proof is presented in the first comment here...

In a permutation matrix (the identity matrix with rows possibly rearranged), it is easy to spot those rows which will indicate a fixed point -- the one on the diagonal -- and to spot the pairs of rows that will indicate a transposition: a pair of ones on a backward diagonal, i.e., where the...

My First approach on this; The last digit should be a ##0## or a ##5##. Therefore the first ##4## slots can be filled in ##_9P_4×1## ways = ##3024##. Secondly, we also note that ##0## cannot be on the first slot as this would imply ##4## digits instead of ##5##...further the last slot has to...

I've got ten teams, five boards, and only three nights to figure out who's the best team. We've had our regular season, so we have the teams ranked. (i.e. 1st place in regular season gets to play against last place, etc.) Can we get a fair score out of 10 teams in three nights? (Is that...

Here's what I've done: Mentor note: replaced icode tags with code=python and \code pair. def valid_braces_placement(s, L): if len(L)==0: return False string = '' for element in L: string = string + str(element) D = ['+','-','*'] return...

Question itself and options 1 and 3.

Let n > 2 be an integer. Suppose that there are n Metro stations in a city located along a circular path. Each pair of stations is connected by a straight track only. Further, each pair of nearest stations is connected by blue line, whereas all remaining pairs of stations are connected by red...

Hey! :giggle: At the QR-decomposition with permutation matrix is the matrix $R$ equal to $R=G_3^{-1}P_1G_2^{-1}P_0G_1^{-1}A$ or $G_3P_1G_2P_0G_1A=R$? Which is the correct one? Or are these two equivalent? In general, it holds that $QR=PA$, right? :unsure:

The book I'm following (Gallian) basically says: r can't be 1 since then it won't map all elements to themselves. If r=2, then it's already even, nothing else to do. If r>2, Then consider the last two factors: ##\beta_{r-1} \beta_r##. Let the last one be (ab). Since the order of elements...

Hello Forum: I have numbers 1 through 6 from which i must select 4 items. The twist is that i need to count only those subsets that include the number 2 all of the subsets are 'distinct' --> 2145 is the same as 2415. My quick calculation yields 15 distinct subsets however some of those do...

I have understood everything till 2nd paragraph. But after that everything was above my head. Can you explain me the concept

Is there a theorem that states that a set of binary swaps can result in any permutation? For example, the original set (1,2,3,4,5) can have the swap (24) and result in (1,4,3,2,5). is there a set of specific swaps for each net result permutation?

Given the word "SWITZERLAND", in how many ways can we rearrange its letters so: a) There is at least one consonant between every vowel b) There is at least least two consonants between every vowel Thanks for your help!

Hey! 😊 Let $G$ be a permutation group of a set $X\neq \emptyset$ and let $x,y\in X$. We define: \begin{align*}&G_x:=\{g\in G\mid g(x)=x\} \\ &G_{x\rightarrow y}:=\{g\in G\mid g(x)=y\} \\ &B:=\{y\in X\mid \exists g\in G: g(x)=y\}\end{align*} Show the following: $G_x$ is a subgroup of $G$. The...

Hey! :o I am looking at the following exercise: Make a sketch of a regular tetrahedron and label the corners with the numbers $1, 2, 3, 4$. For $1\leq i\leq 5$ the permutations $\pi_i \in \text{Sym} (4)$ are defined as follows: \begin{align*}&\pi_1:=\text{id} \\ &\pi_2:=(1 \ \ 2) \\...

https://imgur.com/a/9tDdMqt Hey So I am trying to prove this. I tried using linear combinations and not sure how that would help. I am just not familiar with combinatorics and wondering if anyone would enlighten me.

Remark: This is not homework Given a vector a of permuted numbers from 1 to n, I want to construct the vector b which contains in the ith position the number of elemets of a_j with j <i which are larger than a_i. E.g. a=(5,2,3,1,4), b=(0,1,1,3,1). Is there an algorithm which scales faster...

Question: A home security device with 10 buttons is disarmed when three different buttons are pushed in the proper sequence. (No button can be pushed twice.) If the correct code is forgotten, what is the probability of disarming this device? My attempt: 10!/(10-3)! =(...

$\tiny{412.5.9}$ this is under the section on Permutation Groups What cycle is $(a_1a_2\dots a_n)^{-1}$ ok thot there would be and east theorem on this but can't find

Let ##\sigma \in S_n##, and ##|\sigma| = r##. Then, we'll assume that ##\sigma## can be decomposed into a product of disjoint cycles, which commute with each other. So ##\sigma = c_1c_2 \dots c_k##. Then ##\sigma^r = (c_1c_2 \dots c_k)^r## = 1. Since the cycles commute, we have ##c_1^rc_2^r...

If we have n object and n1,n2,..nk are identical element. And we take r at a time i.e r < n. Is there a general formulae for the permutation of the above. Or how it is solved? Thanks.

Homework Statement There are 22 students in a class. The professor will divide the class into 4 groups. Group 1 and 2 have 5 members each whilst Group 3 and 4 have 6. Given that the teacher forms the group at random, find the probabilities of : A = event where Paula, Trina, Gia all belong in...

Homework Statement Compute each of the following products in ##S_9## (Write your answer as a single permutation). a) (145)(37)(682) Homework Equations Theorem: Every permutation is either the identity, a single cycle, or the product of disjoint cycles. The Attempt at a Solution I start with...

Homework Statement Assume that ##G## is an abelian transitive subgroup of ##S_A## that acts on the set ##A##. Show that ##\sigma(a) \neq a## for all ##\sigma \in G - \{1\}## and all ##a \in A##. Deduce that ##|G| = |A|##. Homework Equations A group is said to act transitively on a set if...

discuss whether combination and permutation in math are useless in physics the undergraduate math courses related to physics always contain algebra,complex number and calculus. however we don't need to study discrete math /combination and permutation in those courses that means those stuffs...

Hi all, I am struggling the question, please see attachments. Thanks a lot Devise an algorithm which, given a (directed) friendship graph (in the xkcd format), finds the optimal seating arrangement. Your algorithm should include the following:  a description of the required input format...

Hi everybody, I work currently with permutation group, and with the good advice of this forum I discover GAP software (https://www.gap-system.org/) which is an excellent tools for working with group. My question is about something that is too strange for me: I have a permutation group G...

The question below could also be re-phrased in terms of functions of one variable (using indexes). However, it seems it is easier to explain it with two variables. Here is the question: Suppose we have some total recursive function f: N x N→N. Define the n-th row of f as the function Fn : N→N...

Hi there. I am working with a numerical quadrature in some scheme to solve a set of equations. At this point I am working in two dimensions. The thing is that I have some function ##\psi_m(x,y,\Omega_m)## with ##\Omega_m=(\Omega_{x,i},\Omega_{y,j})## with ##\displaystyle...

I need to complete this. Let's say I have 4 bits with 2 bits set as 1, 0011. The total number of permutations for this number is 0011, 0101, 0110, 1001, 1010, 1100, 6 cases. This can be computed using the calculation. 4! / ((2!)(4-2)!) = 6 Now I want to be able to find the nth sequence, for...

Consider the subset of $S_4$ defined by $$K_4=\{(1)(2)(3)(4),(12)(34),(13)(24),(14)(23)\}$$ Show that for all $f \in K_4$ and all $h \in S_4$, we have $h^{-1}fh \in K_4$ I showed all the possible cycle shapes of h and am trying to show that $h^{-1}fh$ must always have cycle shape $(2,2)$...

The permutation operator commutes with the Hamiltonian when considering identical particles, which implies: $$ [\hat{P}_{21}, \hat{H}] = 0 \tag{1}$$ Now given a general eigenvector ##{\lvert} {\psi} {\rangle}##, where $$ \hat{P}_{21} (\hat{H}{\lvert}{\psi}){\rangle} = (\hat{P}_{21} \hat{H})...

with at most k swaps. (In other words, like the largest number formed by swapping k digits.) Example. A=[4,2,3,5,1], k = 1 ---> [5,2,3,4,1] I'm wondering why my algorithm is failing the test cases which I'm unable to see. using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.IO...

Find n if P(n, 3) = 6 C(n, 5). My attempt $\frac{n!}{(n-3)!}=6\frac{n!}{(n-5)5!}$ I don't know how to proceed

Homework Statement In how many ways can 12 balls be arranged into 4 different rows with each row having at least one ball (a) if the balls are identical? (b) if there are 6 identical red balls and 6 identical blue balls? Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution a) Put 4 balls in each row...

Homework Statement I feel like I should know the answer to this, so I believe this to be an easy question. Say have matrix A, and I store the elimination matrices E_1,1 E_2,1 etc. and somewhere in the elimination process I have to use a permutation matrix to swap rows. My question is when I...

.The number of points, having both co-ordinates as integers, that lie in the interior of the triangle with vertices (0, 0), (0, 41) and (41, 0), is (1) 901 (2) 861 (3) 820 (4) 780 my attempt: for this to be true i know that sum of x and y coordinate should be 41 but i don't know how to proceed.

I am in a group we cannot agree on how to answer the following word problem... "Let me tell you a little dirty secret about the mutual dislike between mathematicians and physicists. It can escalate into a full blown war if diplomacy is not attempted properly. It happens that a graduate...

Homework Statement Counting problems are a very tough subject to me, so if someone could give me tips, examples explaining what's really happening, that would be great. Homework Equations I know what permutations, variations, combinations, ... are. The problems involving only one of those...

If there was a 1 billion x 1 billion x 1 billion cube made of 3D pixel cubes, and half of them are black and half of them are clear/colorless, then how many combinations of unique pixel arrangements are there? Would the amount of shapes/objects in this cube be infinite? (Assuming the black...

Hey guys , Could anyone here tell me the easiest way to solve for n , nP7 = 604800 , the traditional way (I'm currently using) is to divide 604800 by 10 and then 9 and so on until I get 1 as a result of that division , The problem is this way isn't helpful with all permutations I have in my...

Homework Statement I should write a program that determines how many columns of a given matrix are a permutation. The user will input some number N <=20 which will be the size of our matrix NxN. Then he will input the individual elements of the matrix by rows. I need to find out how many...

I need a formula to calculate permutation. For example I have a 5 numbers and I creating a 3 digit number from it. The numbers are: 1, 1, 1, 2, 3; I could write up 13 variations, but I couldn't work out the formula. If the numbers are: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3 the number of variations are 18 (if I wrote...

Homework Statement Hello I have to proof this ##(n+1)nPr=(n+1)P(r+1)## The attempt at a solution if i substitute this in ##nPr=\frac{n!}{(n-r)!}## I get this ##(n+1)nPr=\frac{[(n+1)n]!}{[(n+1)n-r]!}## This will give ##(n+1)nPr=\frac{(n^2+n)!}{(n^2+n-r)!}## Now i don't know how to continue.