Definition 3
A permutation is called a cyclic permutation if and only if only one of the constructing cycles will have length > 1.
Note: Every cyclic permutation of definition type 3 may be seen as an union of a cyclic permutation of definition type 2 and some fixed points.
Every cyclic permutation of definition type 2 may be seen ″as a cyclic permutation of definition type 3 with zero fixed points.
Example:
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