[GAP Forum] Converting a permutation to a list

[Nikos Apostolakis]

On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Pierre-Alain BOURDIL <pabourdi at laas.fr>
wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> i'm looking for a function , say F, such that
>
>  F((1,2,3)(5,6)) = [[1,2,3],[5,6]].
>


How about:

   gap> Cycles((1,2,3)(5,6), MovedPoints((1,2,3)(5,6)));
    [ [ 1, 2, 3 ], [ 5, 6 ] ]

HTH,
Nikos
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