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Transpositions on a connected graph generate the symmetric group

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Associate a transposition to each edge of a finite connected graph. For a simple path v0​,…,vℓ​, let tj​=(vj−1​ vj​). Then t1​⋯tℓ−1​tℓ​tℓ−1​⋯t1​=(v0​ vℓ​), using rightmost-first composition. Thus edge transpositions generate every transposition, and hence the full symmetric group.

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