Permutation vs Transmogrification - What's the difference?
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(mathematics) A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself.
(mathematics, combinatorics) An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements.
(music) A transformation of a set's prime form, by applying one or more of certain operations, specifically, transposition, inversion, and retrograde.
Permutation is a related term of transmogrification.
As nouns the difference between permutation and transmogrification
is that permutation is permutation while transmogrification is the act or process of being transformed into a different form.permutation
English
Noun
(wikipedia permutation) (en noun)- This permutation takes each element to the one following it, with the last mapped back to the first.
- There are six permutations of three elements, e.g. {abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba}.