Dear colleagues, I have also found some differences between GAP versions:
┌───────┐ GAP, Version 4.7.2 of 01-Dec-2013 (free software, GPL) │ GAP │ http://www.gap-system.org └───────┘ Architecture: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc-default32 Libs used: gmp Loading the library and packages ... Components: trans 1.0, prim 2.1, small* 1.0, id* 1.0 Packages: AClib 1.2, Alnuth 3.0.0, AtlasRep 1.5.0, AutPGrp 1.5, CRISP 1.3.7, Cryst 4.1.12, CrystCat 1.1.6, CTblLib 1.2.2, FactInt 1.5.3, FGA 1.2.0, GAPDoc 1.5.1, IRREDSOL 1.2.3, LAGUNA 3.6.4, Polenta 1.3.1, Polycyclic 2.11, RadiRoot 2.6, ResClasses 3.3.2, Sophus 1.23, SpinSym 1.5, TomLib 1.2.4 Try '?help' for help. See also '?copyright' and '?authors' gap> S:=PSp(4,8); <permutation group of size 1056706560 with 2 generators> gap> A:=AutomorphismGroup(S); <group with 4 generators> gap> Size(A)/Size(S); 3 ┌───────┐ GAP, Version 4.6.5 of 20-Jul-2013 (free software, GPL) │ GAP │ http://www.gap-system.org └───────┘ Architecture: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc-default32 Libs used: gmp Loading the library and packages ... Components: trans 1.0, prim 2.1, small* 1.0, id* 1.0 Packages: AClib 1.2, Alnuth 3.0.0, AutPGrp 1.5, CRISP 1.3.7, Cryst 4.1.11, CrystCat 1.1.6, CTblLib 1.2.2, FactInt 1.5.3, FGA 1.2.0, GAPDoc 1.5.1, IO 4.2, IRREDSOL 1.2.3, LAGUNA 3.6.3, Polenta 1.3.1, Polycyclic 2.11, RadiRoot 2.6, ResClasses 3.3.0, Sophus 1.23, SpinSym 1.5, TomLib 1.2.2 Try '?help' for help. See also '?copyright' and '?authors' gap> S:=PSp(4,8); <permutation group of size 1056706560 with 2 generators> gap> A:=AutomorphismGroup(S); <group with 8 generators> gap> Size(A)/Size(S); 6 Best wishes, -- Ramon <ramon.este...@uv.es> Clau pública PGP/Llave pública PGP/Clef publique PGP/PGP public key: http://www.rediris.es/cert/servicios/keyserver/ http://www.uv.es/estebanr/resteban.asc Nou telèfon/nuevo teléfono/nouveau téléphone/new phone: (+34)9635 44367 Al 11/02/14 12:09, En/na Anvita ha escrit:> Dear Dmitrii, > > Here is a more detailed output which includes GAP version and architecture. > > ┌───────┐ GAP, Version 4.7.2 of 01-Dec-2013 (free software, GPL) > │ GAP │ http://www.gap-system.org > └───────┘ Architecture: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc-default64 > Libs used: gmp, readline > Loading the library and packages ... > Components: trans 1.0, prim 2.1, small* 1.0, id* 1.0 > Packages: AClib 1.2, Alnuth 3.0.0, AtlasRep 1.5.0, AutPGrp 1.5, > Browse 1.8.3, CRISP 1.3.7, Cryst 4.1.12, CrystCat 1.1.6, > CTblLib 1.2.2, FactInt 1.5.3, FGA 1.2.0, GAPDoc 1.5.1, IO 4.2, > IRREDSOL 1.2.3, LAGUNA 3.6.4, Polenta 1.3.1, Polycyclic 2.11, > RadiRoot 2.6, ResClasses 3.3.2, Sophus 1.23, SpinSym 1.5, > TomLib 1.2.4 > Try '?help' for help. See also '?copyright' and '?authors' > gap> S:=PSp(4,8); > <permutation group of size 1056706560 with 2 generators> > gap> A:=AutomorphismGroup(S); > <group with 4 generators> > gap> Size(A)/Size(S); > 3 > gap> > > Please, note that the number of generators of Aut(S) differs from that in > your calculation, too. > > Anvita > > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 5:32 PM, Dmitrii Pasechnik < > dmitrii.pasech...@cs.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > >> Dear Forum, >> it works for me (on OSX 10.6.8): >> >> ********* GAP, Version 4.6.4 of 04-May-2013 (free software, GPL) >> * GAP * http://www.gap-system.org >> ********* Architecture: x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0-gcc-default64 >> Libs used: gmp, readline >> Loading the library and packages ... >> Packages: Alnuth 3.0.0, AutPGrp 1.5, CTblLib 1.2.2, FactInt 1.5.3, >> GAPDoc 1.5.1, LAGUNA 3.6.3, Polycyclic 2.11 >> Try '?help' for help. See also '?copyright' and '?authors' >> gap> S:=PSp(4,8); >> <permutation group of size 1056706560 with 2 generators> >> gap> OrbitLength(S,1); >> 585 >> gap> NormalSubgroups(S); >> [ Group(()), <permutation group of size 1056706560 with 2 generators> ] >> gap> A:=AutomorphismGroup(S); >> <group with 8 generators> >> gap> Order(A)/Order(S); >> 6 >> gap> Size(A)/Size(S); >> 6 >> >> >> What version of GAP are you using, and on which OS/hardware? >> >> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 01:08:22PM +0700, Anvita wrote: >>> Dear Forum, >>> >>> According to the ATLAS, the simple group S4(8) has outer automorphism >> group >>> of order 6, >>> but the following calculation, if I am interpreting it correctly, seems >> to >>> suggest that it has order 3. >>> >>> Anvita >>> >>> >>> gap> S:=PSp(4,8); >>> <permutation group of size 1056706560 with 2 generators> >>> gap> A:=AutomorphismGroup(S); >>> <group with 4 generators> >>> gap> Size(A)/Size(S); >>> 3 >>> _______________________________________________ >> > _______________________________________________ > Forum mailing list > Forum@mail.gap-system.org > http://mail.gap-system.org/mailman/listinfo/forum > _______________________________________________ Forum mailing list Forum@mail.gap-system.org http://mail.gap-system.org/mailman/listinfo/forum
