%0 Journal Article %T Permutation sign under the Robinson-Schensted-Knuth correspondence %A Astrid Reifegerste %J Mathematics %D 2003 %I arXiv %X We show how the sign of a permutation can be deduced from the tableaux induced by the permutation under the Robinson-Schensted-Knuth correspondence. The result yields a simple proof of a conjecture on the squares of imbalances raised by Stanley. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0309266v1