NOTES: grape -- it hardcodes cc as compiler, which of course doesn't work. I've changed to hardcode gcc as compiler, which is more likely to work. Prepared by David Joyner (2006-21-05) This directory contains several "official" and "undeposited" GAP packages available from http://www.gap-system.org/Packages/packages.html. They are all released under the GPL with the following exception: (*) grape contains Brendon McKay's nauty program. To load a package, for example grape, into SAGE type sage: gap('LoadPackage("grape")') All these packages come with documentation in the doc or htm subdirectory (e.g., for grape, it would be in SAGEHOME/local/lib/gap-4.4.7/pkg/grape/htm). A brief description of each package follows: braid is a GAP package for computing with braids, covering curves, and Hurwitz spaces. CTblLib - The GAP Character Table Library DESIGN is a package for classifying, partitioning and studying block designs. FactInt is a package providing routines for factoring integers, in particular: * Pollard's p-1 * Williams' p+1 * Elliptic Curves Method (ECM) * Continued Fraction Algorithm (CFRAC) * Multiple Polynomial Quadratic Sieve (MPQS) GAPDoc is a package containing a definition of a structure for GAP documentation, based on XML. It also contains conversion programs for producing text-, DVI-, PDF- or HTML-versions of such documents, with hyperlinks if possible. GRAPE is a package for computing with graphs and groups, and is primarily designed for constructing and analysing graphs related to groups, finite geometries, and designs. HAP (Homological Algebra Programming) is a GAP package providing some functions for group cohomology computation. LAGUNA package provides functionality for calculation of the normalized unit group of the modular group algebra of the finite p-group and for investigation of Lie algebra associated with group algebras and other associative algebras. SONATA ("System Of Nearrings And Their Applications") is a package which constructs finite nearrings and related objects. TORIC is a GAP package for computing with toric varieties.