2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/141031The operad of framed little discs is shown to be equivalent to a cyclic operad. This answers a conjecture of Salvatore in the affirmative, posed at the workshop `Knots and Operads in Roma,' at Universita di Roma ``La Sapienza'' in July of 2006.5 pages, 1 figure. v2: typos corrected, references added.Algebraic TopologyQuantum Algebra55P48; 18D50, 57R40, 58D10text