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The system is right!

The Cayley graph (and its diameter) depends not only of the group but also on a set of generators, and a group can have more than one sets of generators. For example, if you take the integers modulo 6 with the addition, then both {1} and {2,3} are sets of generators, with different Cayley graphs.

The method .gens() choses a particular set of generators. In the .cayley_graph() method, you can change this arbitrary choice by setting your own set of generators.

The system is right!

The Cayley graph (and its diameter) depends not only of the group but also on a set of generators, and a group can have usually has more than one sets of generators. For example, if you take consider the group of integers modulo 6 with (with the addition, addition), then both {1} and {2,3} are sets of generators, with different Cayley graphs.

The method .gens() choses a particular set of generators. In the .cayley_graph() method, you can change this arbitrary choice by setting your own set of generators.generators (type gd.cayley_graph? for more details).

The system is right!

The Cayley graph (and its diameter) depends not only of the group but also on a set of generators, and a group usually has more than one sets of generators. For example, if you consider the group of integers modulo 6 (with the addition), then both {1} and {2,3} are sets of generators, with leading to different Cayley graphs.

The method .gens() choses a particular set of generators. In the .cayley_graph() method, you can change this arbitrary choice by setting your own set of generators (type gd.cayley_graph? for more details).