GAP Installation and Practical Introduction - Lecture 2
Offered By: International Centre for Theoretical Sciences via YouTube
Course Description
Overview
Learn how to install and use GAP (Groups, Algorithms, Programming) software for computational group theory in this 23-minute tutorial. Explore basic commands and exercises involving symmetric groups, conjugacy classes, and group orders. Practice with hands-on examples, including working with groups of order 64. Gain practical experience with GAP's functionality for analyzing algebraic structures and solving group theory problems.
Syllabus
Tutorial GAP installation & practical intro
GCC
Typo Exercise - Indices should be "vertices"
[Demo] Command
First exercise
Symmetric group
Conjugacy class
Install Homebrew - What does Homebrew do?
Second exercise
Third exercise
How many building groups of order 64 and how many other groups of order 64?
Taught by
International Centre for Theoretical Sciences
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