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Fundamental Algorithms for Permutation Groups

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(1991). Introduction. In: Butler, G. (eds) Fundamental Algorithms for Permutation Groups. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 559. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-54955-2_20

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