Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vexillary permutation

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
vex-il-lary per-mu-ta-tion
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A permutation μ of the positive integers containing no subpermutation isomorphic to the permutation (2143); in other words, there do not exist four numbers i < j < k < l with μ(j) < μ(i) < μ(l) < μ(k).

Etymology

Inflected Forms

vexillary permutations (plural)

Questions

What does vexillary permutation mean?
A permutation μ of the positive integers containing no subpermutation isomorphic to the permutation (2143); in other words, there do not exist four numbers i < j < k < l with μ(j) < μ(i) < μ(l) < μ(k).
Where does vexillary permutation come from?
So called because they are related to flags of modules.

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