Permutation ^ ZZ -- computes the power of a permutation

• Operator: ^

• Usage:

  w^n

• Inputs:
  • w, a permutation,
  • n, an integer,
• Outputs:
  • a permutation,

i1 : p = permutation {3,1,2,5,4}

o1 = Permutation{3, 1, 2, 5, 4}

o1 : Permutation

i2 : p^2

o2 = Permutation{2, 3, 1}

o2 : Permutation

i3 : p^0

o3 = Permutation{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

o3 : Permutation

i4 : p^(-3)

o4 = Permutation{1, 2, 3, 5, 4}

o4 : Permutation