def test_commutator():
    # the commutator of the trivial group and the trivial group is trivial
    S = SymmetricGroup(3)
    triv = PermutationGroup([Permutation([0, 1, 2])])
    assert S.commutator(triv, triv).is_subgroup(triv)
    # the commutator of the trivial group and any other group is again trivial
    A = AlternatingGroup(3)
    assert S.commutator(triv, A).is_subgroup(triv)
    # the commutator is commutative
    for i in (3, 4, 5):
        S = SymmetricGroup(i)
        A = AlternatingGroup(i)
        D = DihedralGroup(i)
        assert S.commutator(A, D).is_subgroup(S.commutator(D, A))
    # the commutator of an abelian group is trivial
    S = SymmetricGroup(7)
    A1 = AbelianGroup(2, 5)
    A2 = AbelianGroup(3, 4)
    triv = PermutationGroup([Permutation([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6])])
    assert S.commutator(A1, A1).is_subgroup(triv)
    assert S.commutator(A2, A2).is_subgroup(triv)
    # examples calculated by hand
    S = SymmetricGroup(3)
    A = AlternatingGroup(3)
    assert S.commutator(A, S).is_subgroup(A)
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def test_commutator():
    # the commutator of the trivial group and the trivial group is trivial
    S = SymmetricGroup(3)
    triv = PermutationGroup([Permutation([0, 1, 2])])
    assert S.commutator(triv, triv).is_subgroup(triv)
    # the commutator of the trivial group and any other group is again trivial
    A = AlternatingGroup(3)
    assert S.commutator(triv, A).is_subgroup(triv)
    # the commutator is commutative
    for i in (3, 4, 5):
        S = SymmetricGroup(i)
        A = AlternatingGroup(i)
        D = DihedralGroup(i)
        assert S.commutator(A, D).is_subgroup(S.commutator(D, A))
    # the commutator of an abelian group is trivial
    S = SymmetricGroup(7)
    A1 = AbelianGroup(2, 5)
    A2 = AbelianGroup(3, 4)
    triv = PermutationGroup([Permutation([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6])])
    assert S.commutator(A1, A1).is_subgroup(triv)
    assert S.commutator(A2, A2).is_subgroup(triv)
    # examples calculated by hand
    S = SymmetricGroup(3)
    A = AlternatingGroup(3)
    assert S.commutator(A, S).is_subgroup(A)