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Cyclic permutation

A cyclic permutation is a permutation that shifts all elements of given ordered set by a fixed offset, with the elements shifted off the end inserted back at the beginning in the same order, i.e., cyclically. In lay terms, a rotation.

For example, (3,4,5,6,1,2) is a cyclic permutation of (1,2,3,4,5,6) and vice versa.

See also: Caesar cipher
07-10-2008 09:35:13
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