---
tag: 0FWVRHBRWM
kind: concept
name: Transposition
msc: [20B30]
sources:
  - url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_permutation
    locator: Transpositions
---

## Summary

A transposition is a permutation that swaps two elements and fixes all other elements.
In cycle notation it is a $2$-cycle $(a\ b)$.