Additionally, I would like to propose that "SageMath subprojects" (such as ore_algebra, admcycles, sage-flatsurf, slabbe, ...) could make GSOC proposal under the SageMath umbrella. I believe it is easier for a newcomer to be able to contribute to a smaller standalone project. What do you think?
On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 at 08:12, Vincent Delecroix <20100.delecr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I lost my wiki password but I am willing to propose to mentor on the > following topics. I would welcome in anyone assisting me in the > mentoring. > > 1) Zariski closures of finitely generated matrix groups > > Mentor: Vincent Delecroix + (?) > Area: Algebra > Skills: Group theory, Lie algebras, Number fields, familiarity with > Python and GAP > Length: 175 hours and 350 hours variants > Difficulty: Medium-hard > > Finitely generated matrix groups over the rationals (or more generally > over number fields) appear in number theory (diophantine equations) as > well as in geometry (holonomy of flat connections). An important > invariant of such group is its Zariski closure: the smallest algebraic > group it is contained in. The goal of this project is to write an > algorithm to compute this Zariski closure using linear algebra in the > Lie algebra of the ambient group. > > 2) genfun > > Mentor: Vincent Delecroix + (?) > Area: Algebra, Combinatorics > Skills: Linear algebra, polynomial ring and power series, ODE, > familiarity with Python > Length: 175 hours and 350 hours variants > Difficulty: Medium-hard > > genfun is a Maple library developed by B. Salvy > (https://perso.ens-lyon.fr/bruno.salvy/software/the-gfun-package/). > Equivalent features are available in SageMath (some of them in plain > SageMath and others in the C-library flint or SageMath library > ore_algebra). The goal of this project is to write an interface to > these SageMath tools using the standardized names from genfun. > Additionally, there we expect the developer to write a document > explaining how each function call in genfun can be replaced by > standard SageMath computations. > In the course of the project, it is likely that the developer has to > implement additional interface to the C-library flint. We also expect > the developer to identify critical features that are missing in > SageMath in order to propose a complete open source alternative for > genfun integrated in the SageMath environment. > > Best > Vincent > > On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 at 05:12, Travis Scrimshaw <tcscr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > It would be good if people added more project ideas and/or be willing to > > be listed as a mentor. Google is looking more closely at what mentor orgs > > are putting in their ideas pages, and right now it looks like we do not > > have many mentors this year. It would be great to improve this. > > > > Best, > > Travis > > > > On Friday, February 7, 2025 at 10:02:04 AM UTC+9 Travis Scrimshaw wrote: > >> > >> Thanks, I've added you as a potential mentor there. > >> > >> Best, > >> Travis > >> > >> On Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 7:04:19 PM UTC+9 axio...@yahoo.de wrote: > >>> > >>> I'd be happy to co-mentor the diagram algebra project (where I know a > >>> little bit of the mathematics), and also the free module project. > >>> > >>> Martin > >>> On Thursday, 6 February 2025 at 00:38:30 UTC+1 tcsc...@gmail.com wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Some other points I should mention: > >>>> > >>>> - Google will probably start looking at proposals after Feb. 11, so it > >>>> would be good to have the projects listed before then. However, this is > >>>> not a hard deadline and you are welcome to add project ideas at any time. > >>>> - If you are not able to edit the wiki page, you can simply post the > >>>> idea here. > >>>> - The idea does not have to be very concrete. It is ultimately the > >>>> responsibility of the contributor submitting the proposal to construct > >>>> the project. Of course, the more precise/concrete, generally the better. > >>>> You should also be somewhat available to provide feedback on projects. > >>>> - Being a mentor can be a relatively low-time commitment of 1-2 hours / > >>>> week. This depends on the student, how you mentor, and how much time you > >>>> want to spend. > >>>> - You do not have to be listed as the mentor on any idea you propose. > >>>> > >>>> Best, > >>>> Travis > >>>> > >>>> On Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 8:31:59 AM UTC+9 Travis Scrimshaw wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi everyone, > >>>>> I have submitted the application for SageMath to be involved with > >>>>> this year's GSoC program. In order to make our participation in the > >>>>> program successful and rewarding, as well as an important part of being > >>>>> selected as a mentor organization, I need you to submit project ideas > >>>>> on our GSoC 2025 page: > >>>>> > >>>>> https://wiki.sagemath.org/GSoC/2025 > >>>>> > >>>>> We need to have a diverse set of projects to attract good students, and > >>>>> this is a good opportunity for you to get help with completing some > >>>>> code, project, or feature that you've always wanted. You do not need to > >>>>> be an experienced developer to be a mentor as someone who does have > >>>>> experience can co-mentor to help with the technical details (I can do > >>>>> this for instance for 1-2 projects). So feel free to ask your > >>>>> colleagues for ideas and/or if they are willing to teach someone the > >>>>> underlying mathematics! > >>>>> > >>>>> Let me know if you have any questions. > >>>>> > >>>>> Thank you, > >>>>> Travis > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "sage-devel" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/a7ab0de6-2741-4ddc-888f-b6f8927470ddn%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. 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