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The alternating group A4​ contains
V={1,(12)(34),(13)(24),(14)(23)}.
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The product of any two different nonidentity elements is the third, and each squares to the identity, so V is a Klein four-group. Conjugation by a permutation replaces the labels in each cycle, preserving the property of being a product of two disjoint transpositions. Thus V is a normal subgroup of A4​. Its order is 4, strictly between 1 and ∣A4​∣=12. A4​ is not simple.

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