Number of Transpositions in a Permutation
Cycle notation is a compact way to represent a permutation by breaking it down into cycles. A cycle represents a set of elements that are permuted (or swapped) among each other. Examples: Let us consider the permutation p = [5, 1, 4, 2, 3] of [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], the elements are moved as 1 â 5, 5 â 3,