Transposition
From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
A term with various meanings.
The operation that takes a matrix to the transposed matrix.
The operation that takes a binary relation to the transposed relation.
A permutation of a set that interchanges two elements.
A cipher that reorders the letters of a message according to a secret key in Cryptology.
See also: Transpose.
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Transposition. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Transposition&oldid=37290
Transposition. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Transposition&oldid=37290