shuffle algebra

English

Noun

shuffle algebra (plural shuffle algebras)

  1. (mathematics) A Hopf algebra with a basis corresponding to words on some set, whose product is given by the shuffle product X ⧢ Y of two words X, Y: the sum of all ways of interlacing them. The interlacing is given by the riffle shuffle permutation.
  • riffle shuffle
  • shuffle product
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