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What's the dimension of the Lie algebra generated by transpositions on $n$ objects?

Define a Lie bracket on the group algebra of the permutation group $S_n$ in the following way: $$[\sigma, \tau] = \sigma\circ\tau - \tau\circ\sigma,$$ where $\sigma, \tau \in S_n$, and the ...
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