Francy -- an interactive discrete mathematics framework for GAP
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DOI10.1007/978-3-319-96418-8_42zbMATH Open1395.68348arXiv1806.08648OpenAlexW2963625555MaRDI QIDQ1662271FDOQ1662271
Markus Pfeiffer, Manuel Machado Martins
Publication date: 17 August 2018
Abstract: Data visualization and interaction with large data sets is known to be essential and critical in many businesses today, and the same applies to research and teaching, in this case, when exploring large and complex mathematical objects. GAP is a computer algebra system for computational discrete algebra with an emphasis on computational group theory. The existing XGAP package for GAP works exclusively on the X Window System. It lacks abstraction between its mathematical and graphical cores, making it difficult to extend, maintain, or port. In this paper, we present Francy, a graphical semantics package for GAP. Francy is responsible for creating a representational structure that can be rendered using many GUI frameworks independent from any particular programming language or operating system. Building on this, we use state of the art web technologies that take advantage of an improved REPL environment, which is currently under development for GAP. The integration of this project with Jupyter provides a rich graphical environment full of features enhancing the usability and accessibility of GAP.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.08648
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