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Main Author: Nathanson, Melvyn B.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.04021
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contents Let $σ$ be a permutation of a nonempty finite or countably infinite set $X$ and let $F_X\left( σ^k\right)$ count the number of fixed points of the $k$th power of $σ$. This paper explains how the arithmetic function $k \mapsto \left(F_X\left( σ^k\right) \right)_{k=1}^{\infty}$ determines the conjugacy class of the permutation $σ$, constructs an algorithm to compute the conjugacy class from the fixed point counting function $F_X\left( σ^k\right)$, and describes the arithmetic functions that are fixed point counting functions of permutations.
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spellingShingle Arithmetic functions and fixed points of powers of permutations
Nathanson, Melvyn B.
Combinatorics
Group Theory
Number Theory
11N56, 20B05, 20B07, 20B10, 20F69
Let $σ$ be a permutation of a nonempty finite or countably infinite set $X$ and let $F_X\left( σ^k\right)$ count the number of fixed points of the $k$th power of $σ$. This paper explains how the arithmetic function $k \mapsto \left(F_X\left( σ^k\right) \right)_{k=1}^{\infty}$ determines the conjugacy class of the permutation $σ$, constructs an algorithm to compute the conjugacy class from the fixed point counting function $F_X\left( σ^k\right)$, and describes the arithmetic functions that are fixed point counting functions of permutations.
title Arithmetic functions and fixed points of powers of permutations
topic Combinatorics
Group Theory
Number Theory
11N56, 20B05, 20B07, 20B10, 20F69
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.04021