Hi. On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 3:51 PM, scolobb <unlimitedscol...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'd like to apply for GSoC-2012 studentship with SymPy. I can't call > myself a Python expert, but I've been regularly doing moderately > complex stuff in Python for more than four years already. I have some > basic experience with SymPy; I was much better at it a couple years > ago, but I wasn't sufficiently clever then to contribute. > > Right now I'm pursuing my MSc in Mathematics and Informatics. This > semester is algebra-biased: I'm studying quasigroups, lattices, > Gröbner bases. As extracurricular activities, I'm studying category > theory and probability. I'd be happy to apply any part of the > knowledge I (will) have by contributing to SymPy.
I would recommend using your algebra knowledge, as few people have this, but it's very important to computer algebra. > > I've scanned https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/gsoc-2012-Ideas , and > there are a couple ideas which make me drool in happiness :-) My > favourite is "implement symbolic (formal) logics and set theory". I > haven't ever had serious courses in either of these subjects, but I > hope the patchy knowledge I have can be quite easily fixed to yield > the proper coverage. > > One of the other ideas that interest me is "Groebner bases and their > applications in geometry, simplification and integration". I've only > started the course in Gröbner bases, so I can't claim being > knowledgeable, but I will have graduated the course by the beginning > of May, which is before the start of coding time, and which means that > I should be quite prepared to work on this task by that time. This would be a good project. There was a project for Groebner bases last year, and the page hasn't been updated yet, so you should look at the current status. From what I understand, there is still work that can be done in this area, especially regarding applications of Groebner bases (which is why they are important to us anyway). I think Mateusz can give you a more detailed status update. > > There's extra motivation for me to work on Gröbner bases: a part of > the research I'm part of now focuses on this object. Cool. What is the research on, if you don't mind me asking? > > Finally, I'd like to suggest an idea of my own. Since I'm studying > category theory now (and I don't think I'm ever going to put this > instrument aside), I'm dealing with commutative diagrams quite often. > It would be great to have a tool which would be able to allow one > solve typical problems about commutative diagrams, like: > > * check if the diagram is commutative, > > * for a given value in some source node of the diagram graph, show > the values obtained in other nodes of the diagram, > > * find one (or more) isomorphic embeddings of a given diagram into > another given diagram. > > I totally understand that this is far from being detailed and far from > being anything concrete at the moment, but if the SymPy community > approved of such functionality, I'd be willing to produce further > reasoning and go into much detail. Well, to approve it, you'll need to be more detailed. I don't know anything about category theory, but maybe others do. Basically, you need to convince us: - that the idea is within the scope of the project, - that the idea constitutes enough work to be sufficient for a summer project, and - that you can implement the project. > > Conclusion: I'd be happy to work one of the following (or something > similar): > > * formal logic and set theory > > * Gröbner bases > > * a tool for commutative diagrams > > I hope that I did manage to express my enthusiasm sufficiently well > :-) Yeah, you did :) > > I'll now try and fix some of the bugs, listed here > http://code.google.com/p/sympy/issues/list . Great. Let us know if you need any help. > > Sergiu > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To post to this group, send email to sympy@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en.
