Suppose α is a single cycle of length m and β is a single cycle of length n. What can be said about the order of the element αβ if α and β are disjoint cycles? If the cycles α and β share a single element in common? If the cycles α and β share two elements in common? (There are two different answers to this last question!)

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  1. Suppose α is a single cycle of length m and β is a single cycle of length n. What can be said about the order of the element αβ if α and β are disjoint cycles? If the cycles α and β share a single element in common? If the cycles α and β share two elements in common? (There are two different answers to this last question!)

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