I would suggest putting in more details about the actual implementation. A suggestion would be to show a "fake" python session showing the inputs and outputs of some of the functions you would implement. See https://asmeurersympy.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/advice-for-future-prospective-gsoc-students/ (number 4) for an example of what I mean.
Aaron Meurer On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 7:09 AM, Jennifer White <jcrw...@googlemail.com> wrote: > For anyone who may be interested in this, I have now put submitted my > proposal on Melange and have also put the most relevant parts on the SymPy > Wiki. I would very much appreciate any comments or suggestions. I can't seem > to find the suggested mentor for this project so any suggestions or > improvements are very welcome > > > > On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 3:54:56 PM UTC, Aaron Meurer wrote: >> >> Those both sound like good ideas. I would look into what the >> prerequisites for each are so you can see what is already implemented >> and what needs to be implemented. >> >> Aaron Meurer >> >> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 8:27 AM, Jennifer White <jcr...@googlemail.com> >> wrote: >> > Thanks for your response. >> > The two areas that I had particular interest in were representing groups >> > symbolically as you mentioned, and also potentially looking into >> > generating >> > Galois Groups. Do you think these would be good areas to start with? >> > Obviously there is a huge amount that could be done in this area and I >> > don't >> > want to be unrealistically ambitious! >> > >> > On Monday, March 9, 2015 at 5:03:16 PM UTC, Aaron Meurer wrote: >> >> >> >> Looking at what SymPy can currently do and what GAP can do are both >> >> good places to start. >> >> >> >> I personally would like to see SymPy be able to represent groups in >> >> ways other than just as permutation groups, e.g., symbolically from >> >> generators. This also opens up the possibility to have some parts of >> >> the module that work with infinite groups. >> >> >> >> Group theory is huge, and you could work on it for 20 summers and >> >> still have things to implement, so I would try to find some specific >> >> thing that SymPy cannot do but other systems like GAP or Sage can, and >> >> make a project out of that. >> >> >> >> Aaron Meurer >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 5:34 AM, Jennifer White <jcr...@googlemail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> >> > I'm Jennifer, I'm a 3rd year Maths/Physics student at the University >> >> > of >> >> > Warwick UK. Last summer I interned at Google and now I'm looking to >> >> > get >> >> > involved in some Open Source work and potentially GSoC. >> >> > >> >> > SymPy caught my eye, and particular the suggestion of implementing a >> >> > Group >> >> > Theory module, because Algebra and Groups are my specialist areas in >> >> > my >> >> > degree and I thoroughly enjoy working with Python so I'm very >> >> > interested >> >> > in >> >> > formulating a proposal for this. >> >> > >> >> > I am new to Open Source work and using Git but I am very enthusiastic >> >> > about >> >> > learning new things and I was wondering where would be a good place >> >> > to >> >> > start? >> >> > >> >> > I've taken modules in various aspects of Groups (most recently >> >> > looking >> >> > at >> >> > Representation and Character Theory) so I do have a fairly good >> >> > understanding of the underpinning theory here. >> >> > >> >> > I plan to thoroughly investigate SymPy's existing capabilities with >> >> > regards >> >> > to groups as PermutationGroups and some special groups (like >> >> > Dihedral, >> >> > Cyclic etc) are already implemented. 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