[sage-edu] Re: SAGE in abstract algebra class

2010-03-11 Thread Mike OS
On Mar 9, 5:44 am, Harald Schilly wrote: > On Mar 9, 12:57 am, Mike OS wrote: > > >    -Reduce the number of functions that  appear on tab completion. > > For a permutation > >     group there are 122 completions.  Perhaps 20-40 are within the > > vocabulary of an > >     undergrad. > > I don't

[sage-edu] Re: SAGE in abstract algebra class

2010-03-09 Thread Harald Schilly
On Mar 9, 12:57 am, Mike OS wrote: >    -Reduce the number of functions that  appear on tab completion. > For a permutation >     group there are 122 completions.  Perhaps 20-40 are within the > vocabulary of an >     undergrad. I don't think that's a good idea - but I have a better one: Display

Re: [sage-edu] Re: SAGE in abstract algebra class

2010-03-08 Thread Robert Bradshaw
On Mar 8, 2010, at 8:43 PM, Rob Beezer wrote: Hi Mike, First, thanks for your work on this. An implementation of finite abelian groups would be at the top of my list. Folklore has it many have tried - not sure just where it gets hard. Implementing it isn't that hard (I think)--we already ha

[sage-edu] Re: SAGE in abstract algebra class

2010-03-08 Thread Rob Beezer
Mike, Forgot to add. Feel free to cc me on any tickets along these lines that is ready for a review. Rob -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this grou

[sage-edu] Re: SAGE in abstract algebra class

2010-03-08 Thread Rob Beezer
Hi Mike, First, thanks for your work on this. An implementation of finite abelian groups would be at the top of my list. Folklore has it many have tried - not sure just where it gets hard. Then build the group of units mod n on top of that for its own sake and as a demonstration of the more abs