And here is the computation showing that H_3(M12:2, Z) = Z_2 x z_2 x Z_12. gap> LoadPackage("atlasrep");; gap> G:=AtlasGroup("M12:2");; gap> GroupHomology(G,3); [ 2, 2, 4, 3 ]
Graham School of Mathematics, Statistics & Applied Mathematics National University of Ireland, Galway University Road, Galway Ireland http://hamilton.nuigalway.ie tel: 091 493011 ________________________________________ From: forum-boun...@gap-system.org [forum-boun...@gap-system.org] on behalf of Dmitrii Pasechnik [dmitrii.pasech...@cs.ox.ac.uk] Sent: Monday, January 4, 2016 3:18 PM To: Aniket Joshi Cc: fo...@gap-system.org Subject: Re: [GAP Forum] Using M12 semidirect product Z_2 in GAP On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 01:07:01PM +0530, Aniket Joshi wrote: > I wish to find the homology H_3(M_{12} : Z_2, Z), where M_{12} is a Mathieu > group of order 95040, and M_12:Z_2 indicates the semi-direct product with > Z_2. I plan to use the GroupHomology(,) command from the HAP package for > GAP. > > How do I use the semi direct product M_12:Z_2 in GAP? Is there an inbuilt > function, or would I need to compute it separately? just take assuming you have AltasRep package installed, you can just do AtlasGroup("M12:2") to get a permutation representation of M:12:2 on 24 points. HTH, Dmitrii _______________________________________________ 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