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Symmetric group on three points (S3​)

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The permutation group of a three-element set has six elements: the identity, three transpositions, and two three-cycles. A three-cycle and any transposition generate it, with relations x3=h2=e, hxh−1=x−1. Its alternating group is the normal cyclic subgroup of order three. It is the unique nonabelian isomorphism type of a group of order six.

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