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Mat. Zametki, 1997 Volume 62, Issue 2, Pages 169–177 (Mi mzm1602)

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Even permutations not representable in the form of a product of two permutations of given order

V. G. Bardakov

Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract: The paper gives a description the permutations from the alternating group $A_n$ that, for a given positive integer $k\ge4$, cannot be presented as a product of two permutations each of which contains only cycles of lengths 1 and 4 in the expansion into independent cycles. We construct a set $Q_k$ such that, for each $n$ from $Q_k$, the group $A_n$ contains a permutation not representable in the above form. We give answers to two questions of Brenner and Evans on the representability of even permutations in the form of a product of two permutations of a given order $k$.

UDC: 512.542.7

Received: 27.06.1995

DOI: 10.4213/mzm1602


 English version:
Mathematical Notes, 1997, 62:2, 141–147

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