I think this is interesting but I wonder how easy it is to compile. Also, is there also a plan to include lie?
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ On 11/21/07, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Sage Devel, > > If you noticed the publicity a few months ago about E8, "the Sage > supercomputer", etc., > then you might be interested in this project. The software here, > which is a mostly > well documented (but sometimes not) not unpleasant C++ program > > http://www.liegroups.org/software/download/ > > was the code used (run on sage.math.washington.edu) to do "the E8 > calculation". > It is actually much more general code, capable I think of doing many > interesting > things related to lie groups, and do them very very quickly (that's > the key point). > It's completely unique, interesting, and powerful code. > > A few minutes ago I got word from the ATLAS of Lie Groups group that "William, > Well, I think everybody has had their say and the conclusion is unanimous: > Atlas is GPL. (There still is some discussion about which version of GPL > and where to put the notification. This will be straightened out soon.)" > > So is anybody interested in thinking through how this could perhaps be > made a standard and useful part of Sage? Let me know. > > -- > William Stein > Associate Professor of Mathematics > University of Washington > http://wstein.org > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
