document.write( "Question 1205094: Determine the length of the cycle in a given permutation\r
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Determine the length of the cycle in a given permutation

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document.write( "First we determine its orbits:\r\n" );
document.write( "1->4->6->8->2->1 so the first orbit is \r\n" );
document.write( "[1 4 6 8 2]\r\n" );
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document.write( "3->5->7->3 so the second orbit is\r\n" );
document.write( "[3 5 7]\r\n" );
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document.write( "All the numbers 1-8 are used so that's all the orbits. There are 2 orbits.\r\n" );
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document.write( "b. [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8] \r\n" );
document.write( "   [3 6 5 1 4 8 2 7]\r\n" );
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document.write( "Do this one the same way.\r\n" );
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