diff --git a/src/Numerics/Combinatorics.cs b/src/Numerics/Combinatorics.cs
index b3ae25b9..eb12fe6f 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/Combinatorics.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/Combinatorics.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics
     public static class Combinatorics
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// Computes the number of variations without repetition.
+        /// Counts the number of possible variations without repetition.
         /// The order matters and each object can be chosen only once.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="n">Number of elements in the set.</param>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Computes the number of variations with repetition.
+        /// Counts the number of possible variations with repetition.
         /// The order matters and each object can be chosen more than once.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="n">Number of elements in the set.</param>
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Computes the number of combinations without repetition.
+        /// Counts the number of possible combinations without repetition.
         /// The order does not matter and each object can be chosen only once.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="n">Number of elements in the set.</param>
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Computes the number of combinations with repetition.
+        /// Counts the number of possible combinations with repetition.
         /// The order does not matter and an object can be chosen more than once.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="n">Number of elements in the set.</param>
@@ -109,5 +109,15 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics
                           - SpecialFunctions.FactorialLn(k)
                           - SpecialFunctions.FactorialLn(n - 1)));
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Counts the number of possible permutations (without repetition). 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="n">Number of (distinguishable) elements in the set.</param>
+        /// <returns>Maximum number of permutations without repetition.</returns>
+        public static double Permutations(int n)
+        {
+            return SpecialFunctions.Factorial(n);
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/UnitTests/CombinatoricsTests/CombinatoricsCountingTest.cs b/src/UnitTests/CombinatoricsTests/CombinatoricsCountingTest.cs
index 7b196bf0..68cfdcdb 100644
--- a/src/UnitTests/CombinatoricsTests/CombinatoricsCountingTest.cs
+++ b/src/UnitTests/CombinatoricsTests/CombinatoricsCountingTest.cs
@@ -160,5 +160,19 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.UnitTests.CombinatoricsTests
                 Combinatorics.CombinationsWithRepetition(n, k),
                 "The number of combinations with repetition but out of the range must be 0.");
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        [Row(0, 1)]
+        [Row(1, 1)]
+        [Row(2, 2)]
+        [Row(8, 40320)]
+        [Row(15, 1307674368000)]
+        public void CanCountPermutations(int n, long expected)
+        {
+            Assert.AreEqual(
+                expected,
+                Combinatorics.Permutations(n),
+                "Count the number of permutations");
+        }
     }
 }
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