Alternating group
The alternating group on a finite set is the group of even permutations on the set ; it is denoted , , or . When , this group is denoted , , or . This is a normal subgroup of the symmetric group; and for or , it is in fact a simple group.
is also the group of determinant-preserving permutations of the rows of an matrix.
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