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We borrow from Graph Theory — Notation Guide and Group Theory — Notation Guide.
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- the symmetric group on a set of elements.  - 
- the symmetric group on set .  - 
- the graph obtained by applying the automorphism .  - 
- the automorphism group of graph .  
- head of arc - tail of arc - the directed graph with -arcs of as its vertices such that is an arc if and only if can be shunted onto . 
- incidence (relation). - incidence structure on points , lines and incidence relation . - the incidence / Levi graph of an - projective field plane of a vector space where . - projective field plane of a vector space where .