Robinson-Schensted correspondence

noun

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

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Meanings

nounRobinson-Schensted correspondence (plural Robinson-Schensted correspondences)

plural Robinson-Schensted correspondences

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

Origin

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

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