Hi Amit, I'm on the gsoc channel now. I'm in the middle of office hours but I don't have any students at the moment.
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Amit Jamadagni <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Jason, > I have gone through the attached document, on a quick glance I > could get the structure but understanding the details is taking time for > me. I would like to know how my work can compliment yours on the front end. > In sense it would great if you could sketch an outline of what features > from the backend (There was a section in the document on what you expected > from the backend) you would like me to work on so that the editor could be > more complete. I guess we need to work on this as the deadline is fast > approaching. I would like to know if we could communicate via irc at some > particular time. It would give a more clearer picture to construct our > proposals as well. Thanks. > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Jason Suagee <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Amit, I looked at your proposal and it looked good. I also look >> forward to potentially working with you. >> >> I still have to upload official documentation that I am a current student >> at my university, so I am unable to submit the proposal at the moment. >> There is a big snow storm where I am now which will prevent me from going >> to my university to get this document until tomorrow. I will go in tomorrow >> so that I can submit the proposal. In the meantime I will include a draft >> in a pdf attachment. (I'll have to translate it to the appropriate format >> later before I submit it.) >> >> In the draft I do not talk about the interface between the Sage notebook >> and the javascript/canvas element where the knot plotting will be done. The >> canvas element is what I would like to use to do the rendering of the knot. >> This is a good reason to have a contact point who knows about the Sage >> interface to the canvas (specifically, the show() or plot3d() methods, if >> you pass them the keyword viewer=canvas3d, will use the use the canvas >> element to display the plot. How all this comes together I haven't figured >> out yet.) >> >> The draft does not contain any mention of classes or deliverables yet. I >> mainly thought out most of the algorithmic details. I also have not >> included a timeline yet. Your comments would be appreciated. >> >> On Monday, March 17, 2014 1:07:45 PM UTC-4, Amit Jamadagni wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> I am been working on my proposal for the implementation on the >>> back-end. I have posted the link to my proposal on the other google thread >>> (I kindly request to refer to it for all the details). I am really looking >>> forward to discuss the ideas of how we can get the entire machinery >>> (back-end + front-end) to work. I hope we (It would be great if the >>> discussion can be done in the presence of our mentor) can discuss it here >>> or on irc chat about what we require in common and on how one could >>> facilitate as well compliment each other's work keeping it as independent >>> as possible. Thanks. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Miguel Angel Marco < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> How is the proposal writing going? Amit Jamadagni is working on a >>>> proposal for the backend part. Maybe it could be a good idea if you two got >>>> in contact and shared some ideas. >>>> >>>> >>>> El martes, 4 de marzo de 2014 13:25:59 UTC+1, Jason Suagee escribió: >>>> >>>>> Hello Sage mentors and fellow posters, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> My name Jason Suagee and I'm a 4th year PhD student in mathematics >>>>> at George Washington University in Washington DC. I am primarily >>>>> interested >>>>> in working on a javascript editor for manipulating knot diagrams as part >>>>> of >>>>> the knot theory project. My background in knot theory comes mostly from >>>>> Rolfsen's classical Knots and Links book, which was the primary textbook >>>>> for a two semester course in knot theory that I am currently taking this >>>>> academic year. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> In my own work I focus on symmetric combinatorial decompositions of >>>>> 3-manifolds, which is a cross between low dimensional topology and >>>>> topological graph theory. Where this intersects with knot theory is that >>>>> much of knot theory is actually used as a tool to describe 3-manifolds. In >>>>> particular, one of the most useful methods to present a 3-manifold is by >>>>> performing Dehn surgery on the components of a link in S^3. So >>>>> manipulation >>>>> of link diagrams can be a big part of what low dimensional topologists do >>>>> on a regular basis. >>>>> >>>>> But manipulating a link diagram on paper can be a real headache, as >>>>> I have found out this year. It would be beneficial if there was a >>>>> graphical >>>>> way by computer to do these manipulations. I have thought out a rough >>>>> framework with which to approach this design problem and will share it in >>>>> the post below. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> By the way, I have been a Sage user for the past 4 years and love >>>>> it! I was quite happy to sport a Sage sticker at the joint math meeting >>>>> this year in Baltimore. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> >>>>> Jason >>>>> >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "sage-gsoc" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-gsoc. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "sage-gsoc" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-gsoc. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-gsoc" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-gsoc. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-gsoc" group. 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