Hi Linden, Thank you. I added the project at the "standard" length 350 hours.
Best, Travis On Monday, February 5, 2024 at 7:24:38 PM UTC+9 Linden Disney wrote: > I have a proposal for a project I would be willing to mentor (detailed > below for completeness), but I'm unsure about how best to estimate the > length (I did GSoC 2021 but estimates of length weren't around then). The > initial coding would not be too challenging, but the mathematical research > which is within scope may be harder (but certainly more interesting). > > Title: Poincare normal form of Riemann matrices. > Areas: Algebra, Algebraic Geometry. > Skills: Knowledge of abstract algebra and Riemann surfaces desirable. > Length: ? > Difficulty: Medium-Easy, becoming harder if desired by tackling the > research questions. > > Description: Riemann surfaces are key objects in many areas of maths, from > mathematical physics to algebraic and arithmetic geometry, with modern > usage of Sage typically focusing around computing the Riemann matrix and > calculating the associated theta function. The project would involve an > implementation of Poincare reduction of the Riemann matrix which allows the > theta function to be factorised, following the paper of Martens ( > http://www.jstor.org/stable/43737152), which in turn will require some > matrix methods to be implemented. There is scope for an enterprising > applicant to make this into a research paper in two directions, either by > analysing the improvement to complexity from computing with factorised > theta functions, or by developing an algorithm to go from one reduction to > a complete reduction. > > On Monday, February 5, 2024 at 12:49:41 AM UTC Travis Scrimshaw wrote: > >> I have added it. (For reference on editing the pages, you login using >> your trac credentials from the upper left corner.) >> >> Best, >> Travis >> >> >> On Monday, February 5, 2024 at 5:38:52 AM UTC+9 Martin R wrote: >> >>> I would like to propose the exact same project I had for last year >>> again, but I am currently at a conference and additionally don't see how I >>> could edit the page. >>> >>> Martin >>> >>> On Sunday 4 February 2024 at 05:19:17 UTC+1 Travis Scrimshaw wrote: >>> >>>> Sorry for the multiple messages. >>>> >>>> For potential mentors, there is no commitment required at this time. >>>> >>>> You can also decide later to add a project and/or be a mentor. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Travis >>>> >>>> On Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 1:17:54 PM UTC+9 Travis Scrimshaw wrote: >>>> >>>>> For the potential projects, you can either edit the corresponding wiki >>>>> page in Matthias's link or directly post them here (you do not need to be >>>>> the mentor). >>>>> >>>>> Also, I would like to have a list of potential mentors. Any SageMath >>>>> developer can be a mentor for a GSoC project; so if you are willing to be >>>>> a >>>>> mentor (typically just a few hours a week), please directly email me, >>>>> post >>>>> it here, or put your name down as a project mentor. (You do not need to >>>>> have a specific project in mind either.) >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Travis >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 1:09:07 PM UTC+9 Travis Scrimshaw wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thank you for doing that. I updated my projects and removed all of >>>>>> those with named mentors as they have not agreed at present (AFAIK) to >>>>>> be a >>>>>> potential mentor. >>>>>> >>>>>> I was expecting to be the main administrator for GSoC again this >>>>>> year. We will discuss this on the mentors list. >>>>>> >>>>>> For the proposal, what we need from the community is a list of >>>>>> projects they are willing to mentor. There is no commitment at this >>>>>> time. >>>>>> However, it is important for our GSoC proposal that it contains a list >>>>>> of >>>>>> new projects each year. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Travis >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 7:19:44 AM UTC+9 Matthias Koeppe wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> To get the process started for this year, I have created the page >>>>>>> https://wiki.sagemath.org/GSoC/2024 by copying last year's page, >>>>>>> removing a completed project and adding a new project that I hope to >>>>>>> mentor >>>>>>> this summer. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The deadline for our project to apply as a GSoC mentoring >>>>>>> organization is rapidly approaching: >>>>>>> https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline#february_6_-_1800_utc >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Do we have any volunteers for the administrator role? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/82f856f0-f93a-4f82-b8e6-c015f7245f08n%40googlegroups.com.
