unicycle, a C code which carries out some operations on permutations with a single cycle.
A permutation with a single cycle is a permutation P of N objects with the property that, for every object, it takes exactly N applications of P to restore an object to its original value.
Another way to think of this is that a permutation with a single cycle can be symbolized by a bracelet with N beads; the action of the permutation is to rotate the bracelet one position.
A permutation with a single cycle can be written in sequence form. Assuming the objects are labeled 1 through N, we start with 1, followed by P(1), followed by P(P(1)), and so on. Thus, the sequence (1,4,2,5,3) indicates the permutation which maps 1->4, 2->5, 3->1, 4->2, and 5->3.
A permutation with a single cycle is sometimes called a "cyclic permutation", but this term is also used with other meanings. Hence, we will affectionately call these objects "unicycles".
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unicycle is available in a C version and a C++ version and a Fortran90 version and a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.
combo, a C code which includes many combinatorial routines.
subset, a C code which generates, ranks and unranks various combinatorial objects.