On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 9:27 PM, Chris Smith <smi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Aleksandar Makelov > <amake...@college.harvard.edu> wrote:
... > >> I guess it'd be better to make g*h mean "first apply g, then h", since >> that's how other CAS that handle permutations do it. > > According to David, this is not the case. e.g. in gap (1, 2)*(2, 3) > gives a R to L multiplication of those cycles. > I would call gap's method L or R: first see what happens to 1 as you scan left to right: 1 goes to 2 which goes to 3, so 1 goes to 3, etc, This gives (1,3,2). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To post to this group, send email to sympy@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To post to this group, send email to sympy@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en.
