succeed to run, however, why sage return two different permutation group, which one is correct? or both correct? when using it , should we use any one of them, or use both?
gap> PermutationMat((2,3,5)(6,7,8),8); [ [ 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], [ 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0 ], [ 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], [ 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0 ], [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ], [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0 ] ] gap> PermutationMat((1,2,4,7)(3,6,8,5),8); [ [ 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], [ 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0 ], [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0 ], [ 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ], [ 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0 ] ] On Friday, June 24, 2016 at 9:27:30 AM UTC+8, Justin C. Walker wrote: > > > On Jun 23, 2016, at 17:56 , meInvent bbird wrote: > > > I had tried permutation in syntax below, still have error > > > > PermutationMat((2,3,5)(6,7,8),(1,2,4,7)(3,6,8,5)); > > PermutationMat(((2,3,5)(6,7,8),(1,2,4,7)(3,6,8,5))); > > PermutationMat((2,3,5)(6,7,8)); > > > > > > gap> PermutationMat((2,3,5)(6,7,8),(1,2,4,7)(3,6,8,5)); > > Error, usage: PermutationMat( <perm>, <dim> [, <F> ] ) called from > > <function "PermutationMat">( <arguments> ) > > called from read-eval loop at line 1 of *stdin* > > you can 'quit;' to quit to outer loop, or > > you can 'return;' to continue > > I don't think you've read the manual; the error message you got should > give you a clue, and suggest reading the manual to find out what this > procedure does and what the arguments are for. > > What are you trying to achieve? > > Justin > > -- > Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon-At-Large, Director > Institute for the Enhancement of the Director's Income > -------- > The path of least resistance: > it's not just for electricity any more. > -------- > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-support. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
