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robinson-schensted correspondence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
robin-son-schen-st-ed -cor-re-spon-dence
IPA
46
Scrabble Score
31
Letters
9
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

Robinson-Schensted correspondences (plural)

Phrases

Schensted algorithm Schensted insertion

Frequently Paired Words

Schensted algorithm Schensted insertion

Questions

What does robinson-schensted correspondence mean?
A bijective correspondence between permutations and pairs of standard Young tableaux of the same shape. It has applications in combinatorics and other areas.
Where does robinson-schensted correspondence come from?
Named after two mathematicians who worked in this area, Robinson (in 1938) and Schensted (1961).

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