#876: Implement or wrap Braid Groups
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   Reporter:  robertwb       |       Owner:  robertwb     
       Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  new          
   Priority:  major          |   Milestone:  sage-wishlist
  Component:  combinatorics  |    Keywords:               
Work_issues:                 |      Author:               
   Upstream:  N/A            |    Reviewer:               
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Comment(by wdj):

 Replying to [comment:5 kcrisman]:
 > Incidentally, apparently the braid package is now autoloaded, though it
 doesn't seem to be used anywhere.  This is improperly documented in
 interfaces/gap.py, though:
 > {{{
 >     The packages sonata, guava, factint, gapdoc, grape, design, toric,
 >     and laguna are loaded in all cases before the workspace is saved,
 >     if they are available.
 > }}}
 > {{{
 >     g = Gap(use_workspace_cache=False, max_workspace_size=None)
 >     for pkg in ['ctbllib', 'sonata', 'guava', 'factint', \
 >                 'gapdoc', 'grape', 'design', \
 >                 'toric', 'laguna', 'braid']:   # NOTE: Do *not* autoload
 hap - it screws up PolynomialRing(Rationals,2)
 >         try:
 >             g.load_package(pkg, verbose=verbose)
 > }}}

 I think this problem with HAP was fixed long ago.

 Also, I think I had to repackage braid recently because of some loading
 problems it had. I don't remember the details. Maybe it was because of a
 problem with gap 4.4.12 and since we use 4.4.10, it is not an issue?

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