Proof that the number of involutions in $S_n$ is odd.

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We know that an involution is any permutation $\pi$ such that $\pi^2=id$.

We also know that the number of involutions of $S_n$ will be the number of permutations $\pi\in S_n$ such that $\pi$ has order $2.$

But can you prove that this number will always be odd?