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Revision as of 13:59, 9 September 2008

The problem asks, "What is the maximum order of any element in$ A_10 $?"

$ A_10 $ is a an Alternating Group of degree n. $ A_n $ is the group of only even permutations of n symbols.


We have 10 numbers: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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10 10

8 8

6 12 6 6 6 6

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