1887.] Dr T. Muir on the Theory of Determinants. 479 
The definition of a permutation (variatio) being given, the first 
problem (which, however, is called a theorem) is propounded, viz., 
to tabulate the permutations of a, /3, y, 8, . . . (“ Variationum ex 
elementis a, A 7, • • . constructarum et in Classes combinatorias 
digestarum Tabulam par are ”). The result is 
a 
0 
7 
8} 
a0 
ay 
a5 
j3a 
I3y 
08 [ 
ya 
7/3 
78 [ 
5a 
80 
87 J 
a07 
a05 ' 
ay 0 
ay5 
a50 
a5y 
13 ay 
0a8 
07a 
078 
05 a 
087 ! 
7 “0 
yad 
70a 
70S 
78 a 
780 
5 a 0 
807 
50a 
807 
5ya 
870 > 
ajSyS - 
af35y 
ay 
ay5/3 
adfiy 
a5y/3 
f3ay5 
/3a5y 
I3ya5 
07 5a 
1 35ay 
j35ya 
ya/35 
7«5/3 
70a5 
y fi5a 
y5a{3 
y5 f3a 
5a(3y 
5 ay /3 
5/3ay 
5/3ya 
5ya(3 
5y /3 a ■ 
>• 
2 H 
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