On Mar 16, 2009, at 1:27 PM, epple wrote:

> I am slightly confused about Permutation groups. The following, I
> think, is part of the problem.
> Version: 3.4 (Sage on the web)
> Code:
> sage: h=PermutationGroupElement('()')
> sage: k=PermutationGroupElement('(1,2)')
> sage: k^2==h,h==k^2
> (False, True)
>
> Can someone explain to me why the comparisons give different results?
> Thanks.

This is a bug, probably something wrong with the empty permutation.

- Robert


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