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Subject: Comment on ODF 1.2 OpenFormula (6.5.2 MDETERM)
In the version of OpenFormula currently under public review as per http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201007/msg00004.html the definition of 6.5.2 MDETERM contains the following text: --- where P denotes a permutation of the numbers 1, 2, ..., n and sgn(P) is the sign of the permutation, which is +1 for an even amount of permutations and -1 for an odd amount. --- This is wrong, as it mixes permutations and permutation inversions. See http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PermutationInversion.html A way to fix it with minimal impact is the following: --- where P denotes a permutation of the numbers 1, 2, ..., n and sgn(P) is the sign of the permutation, which is +1 for even permutations (i.e., permutations where it is necessary to apply an even number of switches of adjacent numbers to restore the original sequence), -1 otherwise. --- Regards, Andrea Pescetti - Italian N-L Project Lead, OpenOffice.org
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