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Permutation vs Rearrangement - What's the difference?

permutation | rearrangement |

As nouns the difference between permutation and rearrangement

is that permutation is permutation while rearrangement is rearrangement.

permutation

English

Noun

(wikipedia permutation) (en noun)
  • (mathematics) A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself.
    • This permutation takes each element to the one following it, with the last mapped back to the first.
  • (mathematics, combinatorics) An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements.
    • There are six permutations of three elements, e.g. {abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba}.
  • (music) A transformation of a set's prime form, by applying one or more of certain operations, specifically, transposition, inversion, and retrograde.

    • Anagrams

    * importunate

    See also

    * (combinatorics) combination ----

    rearrangement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of rearranging.
  • (chemistry) A rearrangement reaction.