Re: Random number generation using a 256-state cellular automaton

Vend wrote:



On 24 Gen, 01:53, Michael Olea <o...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
if p and q are
permutations then q*p*q^-1 has the same cycle structure as p.

What does it mean q*p*q^-1?
Is it q(p(q^-1))?

Yes. The permutations of order N (permutations of N things) form a "group",
with composition of functions as the group operator. The group operator for
an arbitrary group is usually called multiplication.
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