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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import itertools as it
+
+from bitsets import bitset
+from pympler import muppy, summary
+
+k = 5
+
+L = [tuple(p) for p in it.permutations(range(k))] # builds each permutation
+ # associates each permutation with a single number (its index in L)
+idem = {L[i]:i for i in range(len(L))}
+cycle = {}
+
+for p in L: # building one-cycles
+    if idem[p] not in cycle:
+        y = list(p)
+        while idem[tuple(y)] not in cycle:
+            cycle[idem[tuple(y)]] = idem[p]
+            y.append(y.pop(0))
+
+Cycles = bitset('Cycles', tuple(set(cycle.values())))
+
+def cycs(L1): # returns one-cycles of each vertex
+    return Cycles([cycle[p] for p in L1])
+
+
+def get(S, E, cutoff):
+    """searches exitless paths with at most cutoff one-cycles "skipped"
+    (one "skips" a one-cycle by using a 3-edge before fully doing a 2-cycle)"""
+    # keeps track of the paths we need to check out, and try to continue
+    # further. The key corresponds to the current end of the path, and the
+    # value of the key is the set of such paths with that end
+    todo = {}
+    # keeps track of current least wastage to get to reach states. Its key is
+    # also the end of the path, which yeilds another dictonary.
+    # The second dictionary is we give a certain wastage, which returns the set
+    # of states with that end which are known to have this wastage
+    done = {}
+    for start, cost in S: # builds todo and done
+        if cost > cutoff:
+            continue
+        # we always pop off our last vertex, that's where we start when we
+        # continue our path
+        end = start.pop(-1)
+        if end not in done:
+            done[end] = {i:set() for i in range(cutoff+1)}
+            todo[end] = set()
+        done[end][cost].add(cycs(start))
+        todo[end].add(cycs(start))
+
+    queue = []
+    while todo:
+        for end in todo:
+            queue.append((end, todo[end]))
+        todo = {}
+
+        while queue:
+            front, options = queue.pop(-1)
+            for cost0 in done[front]:
+                ops = options&done[front][cost0]
+                options -= ops
+                # it would be nice to discard the part of ops which has already
+                # been checked with the specific front but I haven't gotten
+                # around to it.
+
+                for (e, cost1) in E:
+                    if cost0+cost1 > cutoff:
+                        continue
+                    tail = add(e, front)
+                    poss = build(ops, cycs(tail[:-1]))
+
+                    if poss:
+                        if tail[-1] not in done:
+                            done[tail[-1]] = {i:set() for i in range(cutoff+1)}
+                        done[tail[-1]][cost0+cost1] |= poss
+                        if tail[-1] not in todo:
+                            todo[tail[-1]] = set()
+                        todo[tail[-1]] |= poss
+        print(sum(len(todo[a]) for a in todo))
+        all_objects = muppy.get_objects()
+        sum1 = summary.summarize(all_objects)
+        summary.print_(sum1)
+    findbests(done)
+
+def findbests(done):
+    """returns the length of the longest path of each 1-cycle skippage."""
+    best = [0]*100
+    for end in done:
+        for cost in done[end]:
+            if done[end][cost]:
+                best[cost] = max(best[cost], max(len(p) for p in done[end][cost]))
+    for i, b in enumerate(best):
+        if best[i]:
+            print(i, best[i])
+
+
+def build(S, e): # find the paths in S which don't intersect with e
+    return {path|e for path in S if not path&e}
+
+def add(e, front):
+    """we start our path at front, and then move places according to e"""
+    out = [front]
+    for step in e:
+        out.append(step[out[-1]])
+    return out
+
+
+def phi(m): # represents a move as a tuple of indices
+    return tuple(idem[move(p, m)] for p in L)
+
+
+# m is the indices you move around with your edge since we always complete our
+# 1-cycles in exitless paths, the last letter of your permutation will end up
+# as the first letter when we're actually doing this move.
+def move(p, m):
+    x = list(p)
+    y = []
+    for i in m:
+        y.append(x.pop(i))
+    return tuple(x+y)
+
+def reduce(seq):
+    """converts the rearrangement of genmoves for the move function"""
+    out = list(seq)
+    for a in range(len(seq)):
+        if a < 0:
+            continue
+        for i in range(a):
+            if -1 < seq[i] < seq[a]:
+                out[a] -= 1
+    return out
+
+def genmoves(n):
+    """create all n-edges"""
+    return [reduce(a) for a in it.permutations(list(range(n-1))+[-1])]
+
+
+tau = phi([0, -1]) # 2-edge
+
+ # how we start our path, before our first 3-edge. ([visited vertices], defined
+ # wastage)
+Ts = [([0], k-2)]
+for i in range(k-2):
+    Ts.append((Ts[-1][0]+[tau[Ts[-1][0][-1]]], Ts[-1][1]-1))
+
+moves = []
+
+ # how we will continue our path? Consists of a 3-edge, followed by a number of
+ # 2-edges
+for m in genmoves(3):
+    toadd = [((phi(m),), k-2)]  # (tuple of maps, defined wastage)
+    # we use the sequence of maps with the "add" function
+    for _ in range(k-2):
+        toadd.append((toadd[-1][0]+(tau,), toadd[-1][1]-1))
+        # checks if we re-entered a 1-cycle
+        if len(cycs(add(toadd[-1][0], 0))) < len(toadd[-1][0])+1:
+            toadd.pop(-1)
+            break
+    print(m, phi(m)[0], len(toadd))
+    moves += toadd
+
+# by the current definition of wastage I have, I'd say a 4-edge has an extra
+# waste of (k-1), as we have double the cost (if we subtract the exprected cost
+# of 2 for these being 2+-edges)
+'''for m in genmoves(4):
+    toadd = [((phi(m), tau), k-3+k-1)]
+    for _ in range(k-3):
+        toadd.append((toadd[-1][0]+(tau,), toadd[-1][1]-1))
+        if len(cycs(add(toadd[-1][0], 0))) < len(toadd[-1][0])+1:
+            toadd.pop(-1)
+            break
+    print(m, phi(m)[0], len(toadd))
+    moves += toadd'''
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    get(Ts, moves, 13)