Hi Amit, I'm on the gsoc channel now. I'm in the middle of office hours but
I don't have any students at the moment.


On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Amit Jamadagni <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi Jason,
>        I have gone through the attached document, on a quick glance I
> could get the structure but understanding the details is taking time for
> me. I would like to know how my work can compliment yours on the front end.
> In sense it would great if you could sketch an outline of what features
> from the backend (There was a section in the document on what you expected
> from the backend) you would like me to work on so that the editor could be
> more complete. I guess we need to work on this as the deadline is fast
> approaching. I would like to know if we could communicate via irc at some
> particular time. It would give a more clearer picture to construct our
> proposals as well. Thanks.
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Jason Suagee <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Amit, I looked at your proposal and it looked good. I also look
>> forward to potentially working with you.
>>
>> I still have to upload official documentation that I am a current student
>> at my university, so I am unable to submit the proposal at the moment.
>> There is a big snow storm where I am now which will prevent me from going
>> to my university to get this document until tomorrow. I will go in tomorrow
>> so that I can submit the proposal. In the meantime I will include a draft
>> in a pdf attachment. (I'll have to translate it to the appropriate format
>> later before I submit it.)
>>
>> In the draft I do not talk about the interface between the Sage notebook
>> and the javascript/canvas element where the knot plotting will be done. The
>> canvas element is what I would like to use to do the rendering of the knot.
>> This is a good reason to have a contact point who knows about the Sage
>> interface to the canvas (specifically, the show() or plot3d() methods, if
>> you pass them the keyword viewer=canvas3d, will use the use the canvas
>> element to display the plot. How all this comes together I haven't figured
>> out yet.)
>>
>> The draft does not contain any mention of classes or deliverables yet. I
>> mainly thought out most of the algorithmic details. I also have not
>> included a timeline yet. Your comments would be appreciated.
>>
>> On Monday, March 17, 2014 1:07:45 PM UTC-4, Amit Jamadagni wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>       I am been working on my proposal for the implementation on the
>>> back-end. I have posted the link to my proposal on the other google thread
>>> (I kindly request to refer to it for all the details).  I am really looking
>>> forward to discuss the ideas of how we can get the entire machinery
>>> (back-end + front-end) to work. I hope we (It would  be great if the
>>> discussion can be done in the presence of our mentor) can discuss it here
>>> or on irc chat about what we require in common and on how one could
>>> facilitate as well compliment each other's work keeping it as independent
>>> as possible. Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Miguel Angel Marco <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> How is the proposal writing going? Amit Jamadagni is working on a
>>>> proposal for the backend part. Maybe it could be a good idea if you two got
>>>> in contact and shared some ideas.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> El martes, 4 de marzo de 2014 13:25:59 UTC+1, Jason Suagee escribió:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello Sage mentors and fellow posters,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  My name Jason Suagee and I'm a 4th year PhD student in mathematics
>>>>> at George Washington University in Washington DC. I am primarily 
>>>>> interested
>>>>> in working on a javascript editor for manipulating knot diagrams as part 
>>>>> of
>>>>> the knot theory project. My background in knot theory comes mostly from
>>>>> Rolfsen's classical Knots and Links book, which was the primary textbook
>>>>> for a two semester course in knot theory that I am currently taking this
>>>>> academic year.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  In my own work I focus on symmetric combinatorial decompositions of
>>>>> 3-manifolds, which is a cross between low dimensional topology and
>>>>> topological graph theory. Where this intersects with knot theory is that
>>>>> much of knot theory is actually used as a tool to describe 3-manifolds. In
>>>>> particular, one of the most useful methods to present a 3-manifold is by
>>>>> performing Dehn surgery on the components of a link in S^3. So 
>>>>> manipulation
>>>>> of link diagrams can be a big part of what low dimensional topologists do
>>>>> on a regular basis.
>>>>>
>>>>>  But manipulating a link diagram on paper can be a real headache, as
>>>>> I have found out this year. It would be beneficial if there was a 
>>>>> graphical
>>>>> way by computer to do these manipulations. I have thought out a rough
>>>>> framework with which to approach this design problem and will share it in
>>>>> the post below.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  By the way, I have been a Sage user for the past 4 years and love
>>>>> it! I was quite happy to sport a Sage sticker at the joint math meeting
>>>>> this year in Baltimore.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  Best,
>>>>>
>>>>> Jason
>>>>>
>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>
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