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Any permutation in the finite symmetric group can be written as a product of simple transpositions $s_i = (i~i+1)$. For a fixed permutation $\sigma \in \mathfrak{S}_n$ the products of minimal length are called reduced decompositions or…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Jennifer Elder

We give an algorithm to compute stable commutator length in free products of cyclic groups which is polynomial time in the length of the input, the number of factors, and the orders of the finite factors. We also describe some experimental…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2013-04-24 Alden Walker

The alternating-runs polynomial enumerates alternating runs in the symmetric group. There are three formulae for the number of permutations, $R_{n,k}$ in $\mathfrak{S}_n$ with $k$ alternating runs, but all of them are complicated. We show…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-10-20 Hiranya Kishore Dey , Sivaramakrishnan Sivasubramanian

In any symmetric monoidal category, the $n$-th (co)equalizer symmetric power of an object $A$ is the (co)equalizer of all the permutations from $A^{\otimes n}$ to itself. If the symmetric monoidal category is $\mathbb{Q}_{\ge 0}$-linear,…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2025-11-26 Jean-Baptiste Vienney

We prove that the symmetric group $S_n$ is the smallest non-cyclic quotient of the braid group $B_n$ for $n=5,6$ and that the alternating group $A_n$ is the smallest non-trivial quotient of the commutator subgroup $B_n'$ for $n = 5,6,7,8$.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-09-23 Noah Caplinger , Kevin Kordek

We introduce a method to design a computationally efficient $G$-invariant neural network that approximates functions invariant to the action of a given permutation subgroup $G \leq S_n$ of the symmetric group on input data. The key element…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-15 Piotr Kicki , Mete Ozay , Piotr Skrzypczyński

We consider the group action of the automorphism group $\I_n=\aut(\Zz_n)$ on the set $\Zz_n$, that is the set of residue classes modulo $n$. Clearly, this group action provides a representation of $\I_n$ as a permutation group acting on $n$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-05-12 Vladimir Božović , Žana Kovijanić Vukićević

Circulant matrices are an important tool widely used in coding theory and cryptography. A circulant matrix is a square matrix whose rows are the cyclic shifts of the first row. Such a matrix can be efficiently stored in memory because it is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-09 Henry Chimal-Dzul , Niklas Gassner , Joachim Rosenthal , Reto Schnyder

Let $G$ be a finite group, and let $N(G)$ be the set of sizes of its conjugacy classes. We show that if a finite group $G$ has trivial center and $N(G)$ equals to $N(Alt_n)$ or $N(Sym_n)$ for $n\geq 23$, then $G$ has a composition factor…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2016-11-18 Ilya Gorshkov

We consider the probability $p(S_n)$ that a pair of random permutations generates either the alternating group $A_n$ or the symmetric group $S_n$. Dixon (1969) proved that $p(S_n)$ approaches $1$ as $n\to\infty$ and conjectured that…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2017-07-14 Sean Eberhard , Stefan-Christoph Virchow

We shall characterize the structure of invertible substitutions on three-letter alphabet. We show that any invertible substitution, after some cyclic operation, can be written as a finite product of permutations and Fibonacci's…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 B. Tan , Z. -X. Wen , Y. -P. Zhang

Approximate but reliable solutions of a quantum system with $N$ identical particles can be easily computed with the envelope theory, also known as the auxiliary field method. This technique has been developed for Hamiltonians with arbitrary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-20 C. Semay , F. Buisseret

In this paper we first give a necessary and sufficient condition for a group $G$ generated by $n$ elements to be a square commutative group and prove $G$ is a square commutative group if and only if $\widehat{G}$ is an abelian group, then…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-11-04 Weicai Wu , Mingxuan Yang , Yangbo Zhou , Chao Rong

One of the most studied algebraic structures with one operation is the Abelian group, which is defined as a structure whose operation satisfies the associative and commutative properties, has identical element and every element has an…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-09-20 Haydee Jiménez Tafur , Carlos Luque Arias , Yeison Sánchez Rubio

This is my dissertation. Its research object is a symmetric group of permutations acting on a finite set. The density of permutations with a given cycle structure pattern is explored when the group order tends to infinity. New and sharper…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-11-10 Robertas Petuchovas

This article concerns the $p$-basic set existence problem in the representation theory of finite groups. We show that, for any odd prime $p$, the alternating group $\A_n$ has a $p$-basic set. More precisely, we prove that the symmetric…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2010-10-18 Olivier Brunat , Jean-Baptiste Gramain

The class of finitely presented algebras over a field $K$ with a set of generators $a_{1},\ldots , a_{n}$ and defined by homogeneous relations of the form $a_{1}a_{2}\cdots a_{n} =a_{\sigma (1)} a_{\sigma (2)} \cdots a_{\sigma (n)}$, where…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2022-03-16 Ferran Cedo , Eric Jespers , Georg Klein

We examine the number of cycles of length k in a permutation, as a function on the symmetric group. We write it explicitly as a combination of characters of irreducible representations. This allows to study formation of long cycles in the…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-12-19 Gil Alon , Gady Kozma

We introduce and analyze a novel class of binary operations on finite-dimensional vector spaces over a field K, defined by second-order multilinear expressions with linear shifts. These operations generate polynomials whose degree increases…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Stanislav Semenov

The first part of the paper explains how to encode a one-cocycle and a two-cocycle on a group $G$ with values in its representation by networks of planar trivalent graphs with edges labelled by elements of $G$, elements of the…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2024-10-10 Mee Seong Im , Mikhail Khovanov