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Definition (undergraduate level)

A number

ε_{i₁,i₂, …,i_k},

denoting whether a permutation (i₁,i₂, …,i_k) differs from the natural order by an odd or even number of steps, taking the value +1 for an even and −1 for an odd number of steps.

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