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A comment on Show HN: The King Wen Permutation: [52, 10, 2].

Re:Show HN: The King Wen Permutation: [52, 10, 2] by casey2 on Monday March 23, 2026 @06:02AM (#47487347)
Random shuffles usually have a big loop
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Re:Show HN: The King Wen Permutation: [52, 10, 2] by gezhengwen on Monday March 23, 2026 @06:51AM (#47487656)
You are right, the expected largest cycle of a random permutation is around 40. 52 is larger but not extreme. I did not claim this result is statistically significant.
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