[HM] permutations are the metaphysics of equations and Lagrange

Martin H. Krieger (krieger@usc.edu)
Wed, 24 Nov 1999 07:01:31 -0800

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Somewhere Lagrange said, I believe, something to the effect:
permutations are the metaphysics of equations.

I need a source. Thanks, Martin Krieger

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