Unofficial Editorial - INVSMOD2

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#1

Problem Code : INVSMOD2

Hint 1

Page 7, Theorem 3 of https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/journals/JIS/VOL4/MARGOLIUS/inversions.pdf

Hint 2

TonyK comment on https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/11002/cn-p-even-or-odd

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#2

Short editorial? Links to a 13 pages article! :roll_eyes:
Anyway, good contribution, I also came up with Knuth’s formula through this paper

Waiting for the official editorial, looking for an alternative approach

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#3

Yeah, it was kind of a stumble upon situation. Also, to make it more accurate, I mentioned the theorem number as well. Would be interesting to know what’s in the official editorial.