I am trying to figure out how many permutations exist in a set where none of the numbers equal their own position in the set; for example, $3,1,5,2,4$ is an acceptable permutation where $3,1,2,4,5$ is not because 5 is in position 5. I know that the number of total permutations is $n!$.
Is there a formula for how many are acceptable given the case that no position holds its own number?
2026-02-23 18:47:12.1771872432
Number of permutations of $n$ elements where no number $i$ is in position $i$
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What you are looking for is known as derangement. However, for counting the number of derangement for say $n$-elements you could possible use a trick, compute$\frac{n!}{e}$ and then round off to an integer and this will give you the desired result.
This is actually another application of $e$, which was discovered by Jacob Bernoulli in the problem of derangement, also known as the hat check problem.