[GAP Forum] Urgent Issue on GAP...

[Sergei Haller]

On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Justin Walker (JW) wrote:

JW> I see:
JW> gap> (1)^(1,2);
JW> 2
JW> gap> (1)^(1);
JW> 1
JW> gap> (1)^(2);
JW> 1
JW> 
JW> so "(2)" is certainly a permutation at some level.

yes, as in (3,4)(2).

JW> > Back to the original question:
JW> > 
JW> > As Dan pointed out, the input like Group((3,4)) does work.
JW> > Why would you like to use Group((1)(2)(3,4))?
JW> 
JW> Just to be clear: Dan was the original poster; he pointed out that the
JW> former worked, and asked why the latter did not.

sorry for beeng not precise here, but this last question was addressed to 
Dan.


Best regards,

        Sergei
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