Genady Posted January 29 Posted January 29 Show that Sn is isomorphic to a subgroup of An+2. I will demonstrate my idea for n=3. S3 has 3!=6 permutations, 3 odd: (1 2), (1 3), (2 3); and 3 even: identity, (1 2 3)=(1 2)(2 3), (1 3 2)=(1 3)(3 2). Let's consider them separately. Put elements 4 and 5 in A5 aside. Identify even permutations in S3 with permutations in A5 with the same cycles as in S3 while the elements 4 and 5 are fixed, e.g., (1 2)(2 3) in S3 ↔ (1 2)(2 3) in A5. Identify odd permutations in S3 with permutations in A5 with the same cycles as in S3 plus the cycle (4 5), e.g., (1 2) in S3 ↔ (1 2)(4 5) in A5. I think, it is obvious how to generalize it for any n, right?
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