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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 ia Paper 3 5D iv Solution by
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Take two disjoint permutation cycles of lengths five and four:Disjoint permutation cycles commute, and their powers act independently on their supports. Thus exactly when both and divide , so its order of a group element is .
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