ON THE THEORY OF GROUPS.
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whence
/3a = ai. be. cj. dk. fh. gl,
a regular substitution; and, for anything that appears to the contrary, a, /3 may
belong to a group. It is convenient to mention at once that these two substitutions
do, in fact, give rise to a group; viz. the square diagram is
a
b
c
d ! e
f
9
h
i
3
k
l
b
c
a
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d
h
i
9
k
l
3
c
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9
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3
k
d
l
h
a
9
3
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c
k
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d
9
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9
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3
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3
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9
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* h
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9
3
a
c
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f
and the substitutions, obtained therefrom by writing successively each line over the
top line, are
1 =1,
abc.
def.
ghi
■jkl
acb.
dfe .
gih ,
■ jlk
a 2 ,
ad .
bl.ch
■eg,
.fj.ik
/3-a/3 2 ,
aeh.
, bjd .
cil ,
• j%
/3 a-,
afl.
, bkh .
cgd .
. eij
/3 2 a,
1.
bfi.
eke .
. dlh
/3 2 ,
ahe.
bdj .
cli
■fd h
^a 2 /3a 2 ,
ai .
be .cj
.dk
.fli. gl
/3a,
a 39 ■
bif .
cek
. dhl
/3,
ak .
bg. cf. di
. el. lij
/3 2 a 2 ,
alf.
bkh .
edg ,
■ e .P
/3 2 a/3 2 a.