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Even
In
mathematics
, the term
even
is used in several senses:
an
integer
is called
even
if it is
divisible
by
two
; see
even and odd numbers
a
function
f
defined on the
real numbers
is called
even
if
f
(
x
) =
f
(−
x
) for all
x
; see
even and odd functions
a
permutation
of a finite set is called
even
if it can be written as a composition of an even number of
transpositions
; see
even and odd permutations
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