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Mar 10, 2010 at 16:01 history edited Tony Huynh CC BY-SA 2.5
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Mar 10, 2010 at 10:50 comment added Douglas Zare I read the permutations as acting on the other side.
Mar 10, 2010 at 6:39 comment added Tony Huynh I guess 2 is sent to 1, but the pertinent question is what is 1 sent to?
Mar 10, 2010 at 6:31 history edited Tony Huynh CC BY-SA 2.5
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Mar 10, 2010 at 0:05 history edited Tony Huynh CC BY-SA 2.5
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Mar 9, 2010 at 23:10 comment added Douglas Zare You need another condition to make an infinite product of transpositions a well-defined permutation. Consider $(1~2)(2~3)(3~4)(4~5)...$ What is sent to $1$?
Mar 9, 2010 at 22:31 history edited Tony Huynh CC BY-SA 2.5
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Mar 9, 2010 at 22:13 history edited Tony Huynh CC BY-SA 2.5
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Mar 9, 2010 at 21:38 history answered Tony Huynh CC BY-SA 2.5