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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 ia Paper 3 5D iii Solution by
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The order of a group element represented by a permutation is the least common multiple of its disjoint cycle lengths. An order divisible by nine therefore requires a permutation cycle whose length is divisible by nine. In that must be a nine-cycle, which uses every letter and has order nine, not eighteen. There is no element of of order eighteen.
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