LaTeX-examples/tikz/permutation-sign/permutation-sign.tex

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[pdftex,active,tightpage]{preview}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}

\begin{document}
\begin{preview}
\tikzset{box/.style={fill=black!15,draw,minimum size=13pt,align=center}}

\begin{tikzpicture}
    \draw[very thick]      (-1,2.5) -- (-1,1.75);
	\draw[<-,very thick]   (-1,0.5) -- (-1,1.3);

    \draw[very thick]    (-0.3,0.5 ) -- (-0.3,1.3);
	\draw[->,very thick] (-0.3,1.75) -- (-0.3,2.5);

    \draw[very thick]     (0.3,2.5) -- (0.3,1.75);
	\draw[<-,very thick]  (0.3,0.5) -- (0.3,1.3);

    \draw[very thick]        (1,0.5) -- (1,1.3);
	\draw[->,very thick]   ( 1,1.75) -- (1,2.5);

    \node (one)   at (-0.8,2.2) {1};
    \node (two)   at (-0.1,0.8) {2};
    \node (three) at ( 0.5,2.2) {3};
    \node (four)  at ( 1.2,0.8) {4};

    \node[box] (odd)  at (0,3) {gerade\\Permutationen};
    \node[box] (even) at (0,0) {ungerade\\Permutationen};

	\node (transpositions) at (0,1.5) {Transpositionen};

\end{tikzpicture}
\end{preview}
\end{document}