The different orders of arrangements along a circle or along a closed curve that are obtained by
taking some or all the objects is called a circular permutation.
Two arrangements along a circle are different only if they are different with respect to their
relative positions.
Let A, B, C, D, E, F denote the number of objects along a circle. Consider the following
arrangements.
A
B
C
D
(a)
(
b
)
E
F
F
A
B
C
D
E
The two arrangements (a) and (b) are not different because if we travel around the circle in
the same direction, the letters are in the same relative position and precisely in the same order ...
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