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Finitely supported permutation (supp(σ)={n:σ(n)=n} finite)

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A finitely supported permutation fixes every element outside some finite subset. The finitely supported permutations of N are the union of the finite symmetric groups acting on {1,…,k}, and hence form a countable set. All permutations of N form an uncountable set: independently swapping or fixing each pair (2j−1,2j) injects the power set of N into this larger set.

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