Does this help?

   !i.-8
5040 720 120 24 6 2 1 1

   1 A.i.-8
7 6 5 4 3 2 0 1
   2 A.i.-8
7 6 5 4 3 1 2 0
   6 A.i.-8
7 6 5 4 2 3 1 0
   24 A.i.-8
7 6 5 3 4 2 1 0
   120 A.i.-8
7 6 4 5 3 2 1 0
   720 A.i.-8
7 5 6 4 3 2 1 0
   5040 A.i.-8
6 7 5 4 3 2 1 0

In other words: permutations are related to factorials, and J's
permutation verb uses that relationship.

Note, also:

   3 A.i.-8
7 6 5 4 3 1 0 2
   2 A. 1 A. i.-8
7 6 5 4 3 0 2 1

(And other examples behave similarly.)

-- 
Raul


On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 11:30 AM, 'Pascal Jasmin' via Programming
<[email protected]> wrote:
> A. 1 3 5
> 36
> A. 5 1 3
> 40
> A. 1 5 3
> 37
>
> A. 5 3 1
> 41
>
> do these results "mean" anything?  I'm not sure that A. is defined for "open 
> lists", though this does give an answer.
>
> One meaning is 36 + A. (permutation of 0 1 2 in same sorted order as 
> permutation of 1 3 5).  Where does 36 come from?
>
> A. 0 1 5
> 300
> where does 300 come from?
>
>
> A. 3 4 5
> 0
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