THE EXPECTED ORDER OF A RANDOM PERMUTATION

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GOH, WMY
SCHMUTZ, E
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[1] Mathematics and Computer Science Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
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10.1112/blms/23.1.34
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O1 [数学];
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0701 ; 070101 ;
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Let mu-n be the expected order of a random permutation, that is, the arithmetic mean of the orders of the elements in the symmetric group S(n). We prove that log-mu-n approximately c square-root (n/log n) as n --> infinity, where [GRAPHICS].
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