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The term "permutation" in literature has been used to emphasize the idea of reordering or arranging elements in every possible sequence. For example, in [1] from Dudeney’s work, the word is applied to the process of arranging coins, where after selecting four coins in one hundred ways, the resultant ordering of the coins is considered through twenty-four distinct permutations. Similarly, in [2], Dudeney employs the term in the context of bell ringing, stating that every possible permutation of the four bells must be rung exactly once. Both instances highlight how permutation serves as a key concept in exploring combinatorial arrangements and exhaustive ordering within mathematical puzzles.
  1. We may thus select the four coins in one hundred ways, and the four removed may be arranged by permutation in twenty-four ways.
    — from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney
  2. He says that every possible permutation of the four bells must be rung once, and once only.
    — from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

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