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Odd & even permutations and unit fractions

One more motivated by recent questions of Zhi-Wei Sun. Let $S_n$ be the group of permutations of $\{1,2,\ldots, n\}$. Is it true that, for every $n \ge 8$, there is at least one even permutation $\...
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Derangements and unit fractions

Motivated by a recent question of Zhi-Wei Sun and its nice answer by Zhao Shen, here are two related questions. Let $S_n$ be the group of permutations on $\{1, 2, \ldots, n\}$. a. For each $n \ge ...
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