excedance

noun — 2 senses

noun

Misspelling Misspelling of exceedance.

Combinatorics, Mathematics, Sciences A position in a permutation occupied by a value greater than the position number.

A number i for which π(i) ≥ i is called a weak excedance of π, while a number i for which π(i) > i is called an excedance of π.1997, Richard P. Stanley, Enumerative Combinatorics, 2nd edition, volume 1, page 23:

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