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Questions related to permutations, bijections from a finite (or sometimes infinite) set to itself.

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If $n=2m$, what is the order of the permutation $\sigma(k)=2k , \quad \sigma(m+k)=2k-1$

By adding a fixed point at $0$ (which preserves the order), the permutation $\sigma$ considered is just the multiplication by $2$ modulo $2m+1$. Thus, for $k \ge 0$, $\sigma^k$ is the identity map if …
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