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Sum over permutations is 1

This might be easy, but let's see. Question 1. If $\mathfrak{S}_n$ is the group of permutations on $[n]$, then is the following true? $$\sum_{\pi\in\mathfrak{S}_n}\prod_{j=1}^n\frac{j}{\pi(1)+\pi(...
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Number of Permutations with k-inversions and with a single clamped value

This question is cross-posted from math.stackexchange because it might be too technical. Let $S_n$ be the symmetric group. Recall that the number of inversions of a permutation $\sigma\in S_n$ is the ...
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