ferret

Backtrack Search in Permutation Groups

Version 1.0.15
Released 2025-09-11

This project is maintained by Christopher Jefferson

GAP Package ferret

The Ferret package provides a C++ reimplementation of Jeffery Leon’s Partition Backtrack framework for solving problems in permutation groups

The current version of this package is version 1.0.15, released on 2025-09-11. For more information, please refer to the package manual. There is also a README file.

License: MPL-2.0

Dependencies

This package requires GAP version >= 4.12

The following other GAP packages are needed:

Author

Christopher Jefferson.

Citing

Please, cite this package as

[Jef25] Jefferson, C., ferret, Backtrack Search in Permutation Groups, Version 1.0.15 (2025)
(GAP package), https://gap-packages.github.io/ferret/.

You can get more info by typing Cite("ferret"); in the gap prompt.

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