This may be of interest to Sage. Begin forwarded message: > From: "Ondrej Certik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: April 10, 2008 12:36:47 PM PDT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [soc2008-mentors] SymPy apps -- looking for comments and > mentors > > Hi, > > there are 10 applications for SymPy at PSF, some of them are very > good, so it's difficult to sort them (especially pick up the best > one). > > We would be very interested, if you could comment on them and give us > more feedback -- is it useful for the Python community? Is it useful > to you? To the scientific community (SciPy, Sage, ...), etc? > Of course we know the applicants more than you probably do, but if > google is going to give only 22 slots to PSF and if sympy apps fits > into those 22 slots, we'd have to pick the best app, so it'd be very > useful for us to have more feedback on them. > > For example we'd appreciate more input on [5] (especially from the > Sage people), how much useful you think it is. > > Here they are sorted roughly from the best one to the worst: > > [1] SymPy: Improving the Plotting Module and a Pure Python TeX Engine > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/psf/app.html? > csaid=ORcMXRhQQS4PGBQJEgJdHSIKNUkCQw5VCiNXOklWElJXAXRXbA%3D%3D%0A > > [2] SymPy: robust high-precision numerical evaluation > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/psf/app.html? > csaid=PgEBFxlYWG8PNxsFHRhCXC8lPx4FGgcfUC4IYkNVRg9UAXcEYkBcSlpQBnFR%0A > > [3] Creating a GTK based GUI for Sympy > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/psf/app.html? > csaid=KBsNHwJBQ28WLAEFEABxVCwEMR9KEARcCSdQbksBEV9XCXMGaBVSRwpU%0A > > [4] Sympy: Definite Integration via Integration in the Complex Plane > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/psf/app.html? > csaid=KhoeFApDHSwANB8FMwxcUigJdhALHlFXUCNSPkJVQVEDVyNTPEUGRg%3D%3D%0A > > [5] Improving number theory and graph theory modules in sympy > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/psf/app.html? > csaid=PB9KFARERykENTMDHgpYX28GNx5eFV5XV3RcYUpeRFkJAHcBPks%3D%0A > > [6] SymPy:A Logic Algebra Module for SymPy > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/psf/app.html? > csaid=KBYKFBtQXTIRPQEkFAZQWi1LOxwJSQ4IAHlVbktTSUYFB3QEahJdRQ%3D%3D%0A > > [7] SymPy: Improvement for Ordinary Differential Equations Solver > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/psf/app.html? > csaid=KBYKFBtQXTIRPQEkFAZQWi1LOxwJSVsEACQDaxFTSUYDVXEHORVdEA%3D%3D%0A > > [8] SymPy : Implementing the recursive Risch integration algorithm > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/psf/app.html? > csaid=OV0PGh9eRi8MGBQJEgJdHSIKNUkCRg1QViBda0lJRA1TUidRaUI%3D%0A > > [9] 2-Fold improvement to SymPy - Generalized Functions & Diffy Qs > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/psf/app.html? > csaid=KxYWEhtZHTkOPQokFAZQWi1LOxwJSVlTBXkAOkcFSVlVAHYDPENT%0A > > [10] Generalized Functions for SymPy > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/psf/app.html? > csaid=ORgFBwpDWjgEaTMDHgpYX28GNx5eQQkFAXlXbEFeXlkJUXdSPEIB%0A > > > > And we have these potential mentors: > > 1) Ondrej Certik > 2) Kirill Smelkov > 3) Mateusz Paprocki > 4) Michael Droettboom > > If there is anyone else who would be available for mentoring, or act > as a backup mentor, please let us know. If google only gives 22 slots > to PSF, I think we can easily cover all possible sympy projects with > our current mentors, but just in case. Currently we have the first > four applications that have >4 points. There is also a slight chance, > that one SymPy project will get accepted at the Portland State > University. > > You can see the last year SymPy's involvement in GSoC here: > > http://code.google.com/p/sympy/wiki/GSoC2007 > > We had 3 students at PSF and 2 elsewhere. > > Thanks, > Ondrej > _______________________________________________ > soc2008-mentors mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/soc2008-mentors
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