Hi Jennifer, We have this page to help newcomers get started with SymPy development:
https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/introduction-to-contributing Other people will have to comment on the group theory specifics. Jason moorepants.info +01 530-601-9791 On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 3:34 AM, Jennifer White <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I'm Jennifer, I'm a 3rd year Maths/Physics student at the University of > Warwick UK. Last summer I interned at Google and now I'm looking to get > involved in some Open Source work and potentially GSoC. > > SymPy caught my eye, and particular the suggestion of implementing a Group > Theory module, because Algebra and Groups are my specialist areas in my > degree and I thoroughly enjoy working with Python so I'm very interested in > formulating a proposal for this. > > I am new to Open Source work and using Git but I am very enthusiastic > about learning new things and I was wondering where would be a good place > to start? > > I've taken modules in various aspects of Groups (most recently looking at > Representation and Character Theory) so I do have a fairly good > understanding of the underpinning theory here. > > I plan to thoroughly investigate SymPy's existing capabilities with > regards to groups as PermutationGroups and some special groups (like > Dihedral, Cyclic etc) are already implemented. I'm also going to have a > look at what some existing systems like GAP can do and think about what the > most fundamental functionalities that I need to get implemented are. > > Any advice or guidance is welcome > > -- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/b2d5fc1c-911a-4f5c-b003-93571f8377e1%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/b2d5fc1c-911a-4f5c-b003-93571f8377e1%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAP7f1AhJU18z%3DsCCBj772CNK0s0Pm6JdLxTKaT5_ug4cKDpkbQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
