• 1 CEntre de Recherche en Mathématiques, Statistique et Économie Mathématique

The lattice \textbfS_n of all permutations on a n-element set has been shown to be \emphbounded [CAS], which is a strong constructive property characterized by the fact that \textbfS_n admits what we call an \emph interval doubling scheme. In this paper we characterize all interval doubling schemes of the lattice \textbfS_n, a result that gives a nice precision on the bounded nature of the lattice of permutations. This theorem is a direct corollary of two strong properties that are also given with their proofs.