Computing conjugacy class representatives in permutation groups
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چکیده
We describe a significantly improved algorithm for computing the conjugacy classes of a finite permutation group with trivial soluble radical. We rely on existing methods for groups that are almost simple, and we are concerned here only with the reduction of the general case to the almost simple case. Dedicated to Charles Leedham-Green on the occasion of his 65th birthday
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