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diff --git a/build_linux64/objstore/permutation_basic.o b/build_linux64/objstore/permutation_basic.o
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diff --git a/include/amscppperm1/amscppperm1.hpp b/include/amscppperm1/amscppperm1.hpp
index 4ed5ee9..e40581b 100644
--- a/include/amscppperm1/amscppperm1.hpp
+++ b/include/amscppperm1/amscppperm1.hpp
@@ -11,7 +11,25 @@ namespace ams
 namespace perm
 {
 
-//Buffer operations
+//Basic operations on preallocated buffers
+//for later C library export
+
+int factorial(int n);
+
+int index_to_mindex(int index, int *mindex, int ndim);
+
+int mindex_to_index(int *mindex, int ndim);
+void mindex_to_perm(int *mindex, int *perm, int ndim);
+void perm_to_mindex(int *perm, int *mindex, int ndim);
+
+bool perm_valid(int *perm, int ndim);
+
+bool mindex_valid(int *mindex, int ndim);
+
+void index_to_perm(int index, int *perm, int ndim);
+int perm_to_index(int *perm, int ndim);
+
+
 
 
 //Permutation class
@@ -22,6 +40,7 @@ public:
     int *data;
 
     permutation();
+    permutation(int _dim);
     ~permutation();
 };
 
diff --git a/src/amscppperm1/permutation_basic.cpp b/src/amscppperm1/permutation_basic.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74833cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/amscppperm1/permutation_basic.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+#include <amscppperm1/amscppperm1.hpp>
+
+namespace ams
+{
+namespace perm
+{
+
+    //basic factorial found with integer loop
+    int factorial(int n)
+    {
+        int I;
+        int ret = 0;
+        if(n>=0)
+        {
+            ret = 1;
+            for(I=0;I<n;I++)
+            {
+                ret = ret*(I+1);
+            }
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    //returns a factoriadic multi-index for a given index.
+    //Each factoriadic multi-index corresponds to a permutation according to a simple algorithm
+    // factoriadic indices range from (ex 4 dim case) {0,0,0,0} to {3,2,1,0}
+    // parameters:
+    //  index - [0 to factorial(ndim)) index of permutation
+    //  mindex - factoriadic multi-index output (size=ndim)
+    //  ndim - dimension of the permutation (number of elements to permute)
+    // return value:
+    //  0: success
+    //  -1 : privided index was out of the valid range 
+    int index_to_mindex(int index, int *mindex, int ndim)
+    {
+        int ret = -1;
+        int I,J,K;
+        if(index>=0 && index<factorial(ndim))
+        {
+            ret = 0; //success
+            K = ndim;
+            J = index;
+            for(I=0;I<ndim;I++)
+            {
+                mindex[I] = J%K;
+                J = (J - mindex[I])/K;
+                K = K-1;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            ret = -1; //error
+            //invalid index
+            for(I=0;I<ndim;I++)
+                mindex[I] = -1;
+        }
+
+
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    //Is the multi-index in the appropriate factoriadic range?
+    // position 0 can range from [0 to ndim)
+    // position 1 can range from [0 to (ndim-1))
+    bool mindex_valid(int *mindex, int ndim)
+    {
+        int I;
+        bool ret = 1;
+        for(I=0;I<ndim;I++)
+        {
+            if(mindex[I]<0 || mindex[I]>=(ndim-I))
+            {
+                ret = 0;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    int mindex_to_index(int *mindex, int ndim)
+    {
+        int ret = -1;
+        int I;
+        int K;
+        if(mindex_valid(mindex,ndim))
+        {
+            K = 1;
+            ret = 0;
+            for(I=0;I<ndim;I++)
+            {
+                ret = ret + mindex[I]*K;
+                K = K*(ndim-I);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            ret = -1;
+        }
+
+
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+
+}; //end namespace perm
+}; //end namespace ams
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