WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
al′ternating group′, [Math.]
  1. Mathematicsthe subgroup consisting of all even permutations, of the group of all permutations of a finite set. Cf. symmetric group. 
  • 1905–10

'alternating group' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
symmetric group

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