Order and sign of a cycle
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I would usually show workings or attempts of a method when posting a question here, but for this I am completely lost. I don't believe it to be a very hard question but it is as follows:
Determine the order and the sign of $(5,6,7,8,9)(3,4,5,6)(2,3,4)(1,2)$ in $S_9$.
(Each number is separate i.e. the first is 5,6,7,8 and 9 but I wasn't sure of how to create a horizontal space).
I appreciate any help offered, even if it is just a hint.
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I would usually show workings or attempts of a method when posting a question here, but for this I am completely lost. I don't believe it to be a very hard question but it is as follows:
Determine the order and the sign of $(5,6,7,8,9)(3,4,5,6)(2,3,4)(1,2)$ in $S_9$.
(Each number is separate i.e. the first is 5,6,7,8 and 9 but I wasn't sure of how to create a horizontal space).
I appreciate any help offered, even if it is just a hint.
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I would usually show workings or attempts of a method when posting a question here, but for this I am completely lost. I don't believe it to be a very hard question but it is as follows:
Determine the order and the sign of $(5,6,7,8,9)(3,4,5,6)(2,3,4)(1,2)$ in $S_9$.
(Each number is separate i.e. the first is 5,6,7,8 and 9 but I wasn't sure of how to create a horizontal space).
I appreciate any help offered, even if it is just a hint.
group-theory permutation-cycles
I would usually show workings or attempts of a method when posting a question here, but for this I am completely lost. I don't believe it to be a very hard question but it is as follows:
Determine the order and the sign of $(5,6,7,8,9)(3,4,5,6)(2,3,4)(1,2)$ in $S_9$.
(Each number is separate i.e. the first is 5,6,7,8 and 9 but I wasn't sure of how to create a horizontal space).
I appreciate any help offered, even if it is just a hint.
group-theory permutation-cycles
group-theory permutation-cycles
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Hint: Write your element of $S_9$ as the product of disjoint cycles. For instance, one of those cycles will be $(1 4 2)$.
Thanks! Would the product of disjoint cycles be given by (1 4 2)(3 6)(5 7 8 9) by any chance?
– basic_ceremony
Dec 5 at 18:16
That is correct!
– José Carlos Santos
Dec 5 at 18:17
Aha! Thank you very much, sir.
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Hint: Write your element of $S_9$ as the product of disjoint cycles. For instance, one of those cycles will be $(1 4 2)$.
Thanks! Would the product of disjoint cycles be given by (1 4 2)(3 6)(5 7 8 9) by any chance?
– basic_ceremony
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That is correct!
– José Carlos Santos
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Aha! Thank you very much, sir.
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Hint: Write your element of $S_9$ as the product of disjoint cycles. For instance, one of those cycles will be $(1 4 2)$.
Thanks! Would the product of disjoint cycles be given by (1 4 2)(3 6)(5 7 8 9) by any chance?
– basic_ceremony
Dec 5 at 18:16
That is correct!
– José Carlos Santos
Dec 5 at 18:17
Aha! Thank you very much, sir.
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Dec 5 at 18:17
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Hint: Write your element of $S_9$ as the product of disjoint cycles. For instance, one of those cycles will be $(1 4 2)$.
Hint: Write your element of $S_9$ as the product of disjoint cycles. For instance, one of those cycles will be $(1 4 2)$.
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Thanks! Would the product of disjoint cycles be given by (1 4 2)(3 6)(5 7 8 9) by any chance?
– basic_ceremony
Dec 5 at 18:16
That is correct!
– José Carlos Santos
Dec 5 at 18:17
Aha! Thank you very much, sir.
– basic_ceremony
Dec 5 at 18:17
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Thanks! Would the product of disjoint cycles be given by (1 4 2)(3 6)(5 7 8 9) by any chance?
– basic_ceremony
Dec 5 at 18:16
That is correct!
– José Carlos Santos
Dec 5 at 18:17
Aha! Thank you very much, sir.
– basic_ceremony
Dec 5 at 18:17
Thanks! Would the product of disjoint cycles be given by (1 4 2)(3 6)(5 7 8 9) by any chance?
– basic_ceremony
Dec 5 at 18:16
Thanks! Would the product of disjoint cycles be given by (1 4 2)(3 6)(5 7 8 9) by any chance?
– basic_ceremony
Dec 5 at 18:16
That is correct!
– José Carlos Santos
Dec 5 at 18:17
That is correct!
– José Carlos Santos
Dec 5 at 18:17
Aha! Thank you very much, sir.
– basic_ceremony
Dec 5 at 18:17
Aha! Thank you very much, sir.
– basic_ceremony
Dec 5 at 18:17
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