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GroupGenerators

GroupGenerators[group]
returns a list of generators of group.

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  • The type of generators will depend on the representation type of the group.
  • For an explicit permutation representation, GroupGenerators[PermutationGroup[{g1, ..., gn}]] returns the list .
  • For a named abstract group, the generators of a default representation are returned.

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Generators of a permutation group:

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A symmetric group is generated by default with two permutations, a transposition, and a shift:

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