Permutation matrices rearrange rows of the identity matrix, form a group, and have the elegant property that every permutation matrix's inverse equals its transpose.
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Rearranged rows of the identity
Define a permutation matrix as with its rows reordered, list all six of the ones as identity, three single swaps and two cycles, and state the count .
The property
Write the rule for every permutation matrix and confirm it on one choice by multiplying by and reaching the identity.
The group structure
Record closure under multiplication and under inversion, together with the observation that a matrix exchanging one pair of rows is its own inverse.