I wanted to work in the group PGL(2,q), and got off to a good start:
sage: G = PGL(2,13) sage: G.order().factor() 2^3 * 3 * 7 * 13 sage: G.order() == 13*(13^2-1) True but I could not create elements of G, which seemed to think they were permutations! sage: G.identity() () sage: G.an_element() (3,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4) sage: type(G.an_element()) <type 'sage.groups.perm_gps.permgroup_element.PermutationGroupElement'> Now I am not a group theorist, but this just seems bizarre! I am in fact quite interested in the action of this G on P^1(GF(13)), but also expected to be able to work with its elements as matrices (mod scalars). Am I doing something wrong? John [Sage 4.7 on ubuntu, built from source] -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
