Permutation

A permutation is one possible way that a set may be ordered:

  • {1,2,3}
  • {1,3,2}
  • {2,1,3}
  • {2,3,2}
  • {3,1,2}
  • {3,2,1}

There are six permutations for the set shown above.

{1,2,3}