oscar-system / Oscar.jl

A comprehensive open source computer algebra system for computations in algebra, geometry, and number theory.
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Implement character and representation theory #542

Open fingolfin opened 3 years ago

fingolfin commented 3 years ago

For starters, move the character table code from examples/GroupCharacters.jl to regular interface.

This is @ThomasBreuer code and I see no fundamental obstacle? Of course may wish to adjust the interface some

UPDATE: a wishlist of things from some old notes of mine; note that of course not all of these need to be there from the start

fingolfin commented 1 year ago

I am not sure we need a separate "representation" type at this point, but some ideas for things that should be possible, and should ideally be illustrated in the manual with examples (be it in docstrings, or the general text, or ...):