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Permutation sum

Source: Romania, 4th TST 2014, Problem 3

December 6, 2014
algebra unsolvedalgebracombinatorics

Problem Statement

Let nNn \in \mathbb{N} and SnS_{n} the set of all permutations of {1,2,3,...,n}\{1,2,3,...,n\}. For every permutation σSn\sigma \in S_{n} denote I(σ):={i:σ(i)i}I(\sigma) := \{ i: \sigma (i) \le i \}. Compute the sum σSn1I(σ)iI(σ)(i+σ(i))\sum_ {\sigma \in S_{n}} \frac{1}{|I(\sigma )|} \sum_ {i \in I(\sigma)} (i+ \sigma(i)).