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| ``Re: Zahlen (and S(n))''
by PaulHammond on 2003-09-14 23:16:38 |
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| The symmetric group on n symbols is written S(n). I vaguely remember
hearing once that the S does not stand for symmetry but actually
comes from spiegel (mirror in German). Is this right?
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