Alternating Group on 4 Letters/Order of Elements

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Order of Elements of Alternating Group on $4$ Letters

The order of each element of the Alternating Group on $4$ Letters is given below:

\(\ds \order e\) \(=\) \(\ds 1:\) Identity is Only Group Element of Order 1
\(\ds \order t\) \(=\) \(\ds 2:\) $t^2 = e$
\(\ds \order u\) \(=\) \(\ds 2:\) $u^2 = e$
\(\ds \order v\) \(=\) \(\ds 2:\) $v^2 = e$


\(\ds \order a\) \(=\) \(\ds 3:\) $a^2 = p, a^3 = a p = e$
\(\ds \order b\) \(=\) \(\ds 3:\) $b^2 = s, b^3 = b s = e$
\(\ds \order c\) \(=\) \(\ds 3:\) $c^2 = q, c^3 = c q = e$
\(\ds \order d\) \(=\) \(\ds 3:\) $d^2 = r, d^3 = d r = e$


\(\ds \order p\) \(=\) \(\ds 3:\) $p^2 = a, p^3 = p a = e$
\(\ds \order q\) \(=\) \(\ds 3:\) $q^2 = c, q^3 = q c = e$
\(\ds \order r\) \(=\) \(\ds 3:\) $r^2 = d, r^3 = r d = e$
\(\ds \order s\) \(=\) \(\ds 3:\) $s^2 = b, s^3 = s b = e$


where the expression for $A_4$ in cycle notation is given as:

\(\ds e\) \(:=\) \(\ds \text { the identity mapping}\)
\(\ds t\) \(:=\) \(\ds \tuple {1 2} \tuple {3 4}\)
\(\ds u\) \(:=\) \(\ds \tuple {1 3} \tuple {2 4}\)
\(\ds v\) \(:=\) \(\ds \tuple {1 4} \tuple {2 3}\)


\(\ds a\) \(:=\) \(\ds \tuple {1 2 3}\)
\(\ds b\) \(:=\) \(\ds \tuple {1 3 4}\)
\(\ds c\) \(:=\) \(\ds \tuple {2 4 3}\)
\(\ds d\) \(:=\) \(\ds \tuple {1 4 2}\)


\(\ds p\) \(:=\) \(\ds \tuple {1 3 2}\)
\(\ds q\) \(:=\) \(\ds \tuple {2 3 4}\)
\(\ds r\) \(:=\) \(\ds \tuple {1 2 4}\)
\(\ds s\) \(:=\) \(\ds \tuple {1 4 3}\)


The above can be determined by inspecting its Cayley table:

$\begin{array}{c|cccc|cccc|cccc}

\circ & e & t & u & v & a & b & c & d & p & q & r & s \\ \hline e & e & t & u & v & a & b & c & d & p & q & r & s \\ t & t & e & v & u & b & a & d & c & q & p & s & r \\ u & u & v & e & t & c & d & a & b & r & s & p & q \\ v & v & u & t & e & d & c & b & a & s & r & q & p \\ \hline a & a & c & d & b & p & r & s & q & e & u & v & t \\ b & b & d & c & a & q & s & r & p & t & v & u & e \\ c & c & a & b & d & r & p & q & s & u & e & t & v \\ d & d & b & a & c & s & q & p & r & v & t & e & u \\ \hline p & p & s & q & r & e & v & t & u & a & d & b & c \\ q & q & r & p & s & t & u & e & v & b & c & a & d \\ r & r & q & s & p & u & t & v & e & c & b & d & a \\ s & s & p & r & q & v & e & u & t & d & a & c & b \\ \end{array}$


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