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Regular Representation of Finite Groups by Hypergraphs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Stephane Foldes
Affiliation:
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
Navin M. Singhi
Affiliation:
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India
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All structures considered in this paper will be finite.

The product στ of two permutations σ and τ of a set V is defined by στ(x) = στ(X)) for every xV. The set Sv of all permutations of F is a group under this operation. A permutation group on F is a subgroup of Sv.

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1978

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