# Robinson-Schensted correspondence

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A bijective correspondence between permutations and pairs of standard Young tableaux of the same shape. It has applications in combinatorics and other areas.

## Etymology
Named after two mathematicians who worked in this area, Robinson (in 1938) and Schensted (1961).

## Source
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