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Computation with real Lie groups
https://gap-packages.github.io/corelg/
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Clarify inconsistency between package name, subtitle, manual title, and actual functionality #1

Open fingolfin opened 6 years ago

fingolfin commented 6 years ago

To quote the manual of this package:

CoReLG (Computing with Real Lie Groups) is a GAP package for computing with (semi-)simple real Lie algebras.

I find that rather confusing. Moreover, the package subtitle also talks about "Lie Groups", while the manual subtitle says "Computing with real Lie Algebras".

Of course in the end, this is indeed computing with algebras, but I guess correcting that would require changing the package name... But perhaps at least the manual could resolve this, by inserting a sentence or paragraph somewhere which explains the discrepancy?

heikodietrich commented 5 years ago

We will address this in the next release. This package stems from a Marie Curie Project with acronym "CoReLG", hence the name: the main purpose of the software was to investigate the real nilpotent orbits of a real Lie group.

fingolfin commented 5 years ago

Unfortunately this was not addressed in the current release -- the PackageInfo.g still says Lie groups