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<h3 class="section">9.10 References and Further Reading</h3>
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<p>The subject of permutations is covered extensively in Knuth's
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<cite>Sorting and Searching</cite>,
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<li>Donald E. Knuth, <cite>The Art of Computer Programming: Sorting and
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Searching</cite> (Vol 3, 3rd Ed, 1997), Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0201896850.
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<p class="noindent">For the definition of the <dfn>canonical form</dfn> see,
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<li>Donald E. Knuth, <cite>The Art of Computer Programming: Fundamental
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Algorithms</cite> (Vol 1, 3rd Ed, 1997), Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0201896850.
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Section 1.3.3, <cite>An Unusual Correspondence</cite>, p.178–179.