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In the same way that the general notion of a group relates to transformation groups of an arbitrary set, finite groups relate to groups of transformations of a finite set; in this case, transformations are also called permutations.
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Shafarevich, I.R. (2005). Examples of Groups: Finite Groups. In: Basic Notions of Algebra. Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26474-4_13
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