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Maximality of reversible gate sets

In order to better understand the structure of closed collections of reversible gates, we investigate the lattice of closed sets and the maximal members of this lattice. In this note, we find the maximal closed sets over a finite alphabet. We find that for odd sized alphabets, there are a finite number of maximal closed sets, while for the even case we have a countable infinity, almost all of which are related to an alternating permutations. We then extend to other forms of closure for reversible gates, ancilla and borrow closure. Here we find some structural results, including some examples of maximal closed sets.