Nicolas, J.-L. Sur l’ordre maximum d’un élément dans le groupe \(S_ n\) des permutations. I. (French) Zbl 0204.06602 Théorie des Nombres, Sémin. Delange-Pisot-Poitou 7 (1965/66), No. 13, 8 p. (1967). Page: −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 ±0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 Show Scanned Page × Cite Format Result Cite Review PDF Full Text: Numdam EuDML Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences: Landau’s function g(n): largest order of permutation of n elements. Equivalently, largest LCM of partitions of n. Increasing values of A000793 (largest order of permutation of n elements). Number of elements of S_n having the maximum possible order g(n), where g(n) is Landau’s function (A000793).