WhiteheadAutoSet Namespace Reference


Functions

Word reduceBy (const Word &w, const SetOfMaps &theSet)
 Reduce the length of a given word by automorphisms form a set.


Function Documentation

Word WhiteheadAutoSet::reduceBy const Word w,
const SetOfMaps theSet
 

Reduce the length of a given word by automorphisms form a set.

Tries to reduce the length of a given word by applying automorphisms from a set. Will return if a shorter word is found
Note, it does not return the minimal length word.

Parameters:
w - the initial word to be reduced.
theSet - set of automorphisms to reduce by.
Returns:
a shorter word if found, original word otherwise.


Generated on Mon Feb 27 22:47:23 2006 for CRyptography And Groups (CRAG) by  doxygen 1.4.4