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Mathematics of Computation

Published by the American Mathematical Society since 1960 (published as Mathematical Tables and other Aids to Computation 1943-1959), Mathematics of Computation is devoted to research articles of the highest quality in computational mathematics.

ISSN 1088-6842 (online) ISSN 0025-5718 (print)

The 2020 MCQ for Mathematics of Computation is 1.78.

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An algorithm for finding the blocks of a permutation group
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Math. Comp. 29 (1975), 911-913 Request permission

Abstract:

An efficient algorithm for finding the blocks of imprimitivity of a group from generating permutations is described and justified.
References
  • Charles C. Sims, Computational methods in the study of permutation groups, Computational Problems in Abstract Algebra (Proc. Conf., Oxford, 1967) Pergamon, Oxford, 1970, pp. 169–183. MR 0257203
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Additional Information
  • © Copyright 1975 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Math. Comp. 29 (1975), 911-913
  • MSC: Primary 20B05
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1975-0367030-3
  • MathSciNet review: 0367030