Patrick Wegener

Commutators of signed $n$-cycles

We show that for $n \geq 6$ each element of the commutator subgroup in the symmetric group $\mathfrak{S}_n$ resp. in the signed symmetric group $(\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})^n\rtimes\mathfrak{S}_n$ is the commutator of two $n$-cycles resp. the commutator of two $n$-cycles with a negative sign product; with one exception. I...