Computational Group Theory Project Idea

[Vinayak Shukla]

Although I have started reading about the previous work done on Computational Group theory as part of GSoC in the previous years, can someone guide me as to how should I progress with this? I am mainly interested in implementing the kernel of homomorphisms in the infinite domain and group isomorphism algorithms. 

Thanks.

Vinayak Shukla

[Aaron Meurer]

I would start with the reports from previous year's projects (on the
wiki), as well as the codebase, to see what is already implemented.

Aaron Meurer

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[Vinayak Shukla]

Hey there, Aaron.

I have gone through the documentation as well as the previous work done in the field by earlier GSoCers. It has provided me a lot of insight as to how to go about my project proposal. I think I would like to work mainly on figuring out the kernels of homomorphisms with infinite domains; checking if two groups are isomorphic; automorphisms as these topics seem to mesh together really well if someone starts implementing one of these. 

Apart from these, I would like to take up probability integration solving if possible as well. Any suggestions from your side as to how should I start building a good proposal?

Thank you.

Vinayak.

[Aaron Meurer]

You will need to talk with the former students and mentors of the past
GSoC group theory projects about the proposal specifics. I don't
personally have much knowledge of the state of the group theory
module, so I can't help you much there.

My generic advice (also applies to any other potential GSoC student
reading) would be

- Take a look at previous successful proposals on the wiki to see what
a good proposal looks like.
- Focus on your pull request(s) for the patch requirement. We take the
patch requirement into high consideration as it shows us how capable
you are of actually completing your project.
- Try to familiarize yourself with the codebase so that you have a
good understanding of what is already implemented, and what will need
to be done for your project.
- Make sure you've read through and understand our student
instructions (https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/GSoC-2019-Student-Instructions)
and application template
(https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/GSoC-2019-Application-Template).
- Interact with the community here, on the issue tracker, and on gitter.

Aaron Meurer

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[Arif Ahmed]

I would recommend you to attempt contributing to the group theory module. Using a library and contributing to it are quite different.