On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Rob Beezer <goo...@beezer.cotse.net> wrote:
> Abelian groups is second on my list (right after graphs + latex), but > as I've been told, "many have failed here." So I'd get out of the way > (or help) if anybody else is interested. > > And I have a vested interest in permutation groups...... > > Rob > Can we get a list together of all of those who may be interested in contributing to the rewrite of permutation groups on some level? We can move to an in-depth discussion and inventory. I don't want to flood the sage-devel list with too much, unless there are those who think the discussion should remain here. I'm currently on vacation, until just after Memorial Day, and so I have limited time to respond until then. Otherwise, I'd personally like to coordinate and work on this during the summer months, as when courses start in the fall my time for this won't be as great. (I'm guessing that is true for others, depending on your locations.) Let me know if you think that schedule, i.e., late August, is too ambitious. If you think it is too far down the line, then you may care to remember Hofstadter's Law: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstadter's_law<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstadter%27s_law> We could also save the work for a Sage Days and do this in person if there is insistence on that. Rob: I think your experience using the permgroup methods in your teaching can be used a lot for building usability in that area. I know some others in your situation who are not on the sage-devel list and I will see if they are interested in helping from the non-developer perspective. Myself... I'm most interested in building a concrete permutation group structure that allows for more advanced computations and research. From what I've heard in the centralizer, subgroup and tableaux discussions, I think our fundamental needs are relatively the same. Jason B. Hill -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
