> < ^ Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 14:33:11 -0700
> < ^ From: Javaid Aslam <jaslamx@yahoo.com >
> ^ Subject: Factors of a permutation cycle

Hello Forum,

I am trying to see if somebody has a routine for
factoring a given permutation cycle into a product of the
the transpositions (cycles of length 2);
e.g., the cycle (1,2,3,4) factors into (3,4)*(2,3)*(1,2).

Thank you.
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