Make matrices `permute_rows` / `permute_columns` accept an input list of indices

[vneiger]

Problem Description

Currently, the methods for row and column permutation for matrices (permute_rows, permute_columns, with_permuted_rows, etc.) take as input a Permutation object. At the same time, a frequent usage is to have at hand a list of integers representing the wanted permutation of row indices (or column indices). It would be convenient for the user if these methods could accept such a list of integers as input.

Created after a discussion in #40508 with @xcaruso and @Biffo89

Proposed Solution

Modify the methods so that they accept as input a list of integers representing the permutation (using Sage's standard indexing for matrices, from 0 to n-1). The method could simply convert the list to a permutation object and then follow on with the existing code.

Alternatives Considered

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