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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=mathematics">mathematics</a>, and in particular in <a href="page.php?w=group_theory">group theory</a>, a <b>cyclic permutation</b> is a <a href="page.php?w=permutation">permutation</a> consisting of a single cycle. In some cases, cyclic permutations are referred to as <b>cycles</b>; if a cyclic permutation has k elements, it may be called a <b><i>k-cycle</i>'. Some authors widen this definition to include permutations with fixed points in addition to at most one non-trivial cycle. In <a href="page.php?w=Permutation">cycle notation</a>,</b></p><p>
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