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SECTION 4.2 Basics of Group Theory 209


(i) Give an automorphismσ which takes vertex 1 to vertex 2 by
completing the following:

σ:







1 2 3 4 5 6

↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓

2







Compute the inverse of this automorphism.

(ii) Give an automorphismτ which maps vertex 1 to 3 and fixes
vertex 5 (that isτ(5) = 5).

τ :







1 2 3 4 5 6

↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓

3 5







Compute the inverse of this automorphism.


  1. Consider the graph shown below.

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