# Generating automorphisms

**URL:** <https://igraph.discourse.group/t/generating-automorphisms/1790>\
**Category:** Usage\
**Tags:** R\
**Created:** [25 March 2024 00:12 UTC](https://igraph.discourse.group/t/generating-automorphisms/1790 "2024-03-25T00:12:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Huimin721](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/igraph.discourse.group/huimin721/32/1007_2.png) [@Huimin721](https://igraph.discourse.group/u/Huimin721)\
**Post date:** [25 March 2024 00:12 UTC](https://igraph.discourse.group/t/generating-automorphisms/1790/1 "2024-03-25T00:12:57Z")

</div>

hello, I’m looking at the automorphism\_group function, could I ask how I make use of the generating set to generate corresponding automorphism? My goal is still to find the orbits.  
I understand there are 20 automorphisms for a 10 nodes ring, but king of confused of the usage of the generating sets.  
Thanks so much!

> g ← make\_ring(10)  
> automorphism\_group(g)  
> [[1]]

- 10/10 vertices, from 5857cbe:  
[1] 1 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2

[[2]]

- 10/10 vertices, from 5857cbe:  
[1] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1