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alternating group

noun Mathematics.

the subgroup consisting of all even permutations, of the group of all permutations of a finite set.

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Words nearby alternating group

alternate host, alternate plumage, alternately, alternating calculus, alternating current, alternating group, alternating hemiplegia, alternating light, alternating pulse, alternating series, alternating tremor
Compare symmetric group.

Origin of alternating group

First recorded in 1905–10
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