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What is the maximum order of any element in A10?
 
What is the maximum order of any element in A10?
 
*I think it's 21. This would be the case if there was one cycle of size 7 and one cycle of size 3. It would take 21 permutations to reach the identity.
 
*I think it's 21. This would be the case if there was one cycle of size 7 and one cycle of size 3. It would take 21 permutations to reach the identity.
 
 
 
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"Category:MA453Spring2009Walther" What is the maximum order of any element in A10?

  • I think it's 21. This would be the case if there was one cycle of size 7 and one cycle of size 3. It would take 21 permutations to reach the identity.

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