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On the transformation and classification of Permutations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

T. B. Sprague
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Let represent any permutation of the first n natural numbers. If we take the first number, a1, and put it last, we get a new permutation; and if we perform this operation (n−1) times, we get the (n−1) permutations

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Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society , Volume 9 , February 1890 , pp. 59 - 79
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