... σθ∈ θ, and by construction in both permutations there is an increasing chain starting at position 1, while the remainingvalues form a decreasing chain; in σθ, however, the increasing chain is ... domain and codomain in this case, taking order-equivalentfunctions corresponds to “wrapping around” independently both in the domain and in the codomain (not necessarily by the same “shift”), and ... of combinatorics 10 (2003), #R18 39 chain,andifτ is ρ|X| and 1 ∈ σ(X), then σ(X)isadecreasing chain.IfinsteadX isan occurrence of (τ), then σ(X)isacyclic increasing (decreasing) chain. Also,...