To these, I would add the (perhaps obvious) question: what are some specific things that the completed module might be expected to compute? If these things are highly symbolic and difficult to compute by hand, then this is exactly the sort of thing that belongs in SymPy, I think.
Aaron Meurer On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Matthew Rocklin <[email protected]> wrote: > (Given your previous e-mail I assume that you're asking because you're > interested in doing a GSoC project) > > This general type of topic is certainly appropriate for SymPy, however I'm > not able to judge if this particular topic is useful or wanted. The utility > might come from communities outside of SymPy. > > In my experience SymPy GSoC projects are either inward-facing or > outward-facing. This project sounds outward-facing because it targets an > external community (mathematical physicists and the like). In these cases I > think that the question of utility is up for debate. The impact and > importance of this project to the broader community should be part of a > project proposal. In this sense a GSoC proposal is good practice for other > academic proposals. > > Some questions: > > 1. How does this fit into other modules that might already exist in SymPy? > What does it leverage? What can it support in the future? > 2. Are there other systems out there that already deal with Lie Algebras? > (this is expected) > 3. What communities would this work support? How would such a module be > useful for researchers today? What important problems would be made easier > by this work? > > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Mary Clark <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I've noticed that sympy doesn't have any classes which would deal with >> Lie Algebras. I was wondering if this is a direction in which it >> could be useful to extend sympy? Lie algebras (and by extension Lie >> groups) have many applications in both physics and mathematics. It >> could also be useful to have something about the semisimple Lie >> algebras, their roots systems, Dynkin diagrams, etc. >> >> Is this something that would be useful/wanted? >> >> Mary >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "sympy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
