+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | | Copyright (C) 2021 | | SBStrips (v0.7.0) | Joe Allen | | | [he/him/his] | +--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+ This is the README file for SBStrips, which is a package for GAP 4.11. +--+ About +------------------------------------------------------------------+ The SBStrips package models 'strings', namely the decorated graphs used in representation theory. These graphs are known to describe a type of module for a special biserial algebra called a string module. The syzygy of a string module is a direct sum of string modules; hence syzygy-taking is essentially a one-to-many operation on strings. The SBStrips package implements 'strings' as a data structure called 'strips', and performs this syzygy calculation. The SBStrips package is designed for version >=4.11.x of GAP, requiring version >=1.30.x of QPA and version >=1.6.x of GAPDoc. (QPA and GAPDoc are other packages for GAP.) The SBStrips package is being written by me, Joe Allen, during my doctoral studies at the University of Bristol. In my thesis, I am developing a combinatorial model of special biserial algebras and their string modules. This package is the implementation in GAP of (aspects of) that model. +--+ Installation +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The SBStrips can be installed by following these steps (assuming you already have GAP installed.) 1. Download the archive file sbstrips/archive/v0.7.0.tar.gz from https://github.com/jw-allen/sbstrips/archive/v0.7.0.tar.gz 2. Unpack it into your pkg directory. It should create a subdirectory called sbstrips. 3. Run GAP as normal and type LoadPackage("sbstrips"); at the GAP prompt (ie, when you see "gap>" in your terminal). +--+ Contents +---------------------------------------------------------------+ This version of SBStrips includes the following files .gitignore Technical file LICENSE Details of the GNU General Public Licence v2.0, under which this code is released PackageInfo.g Meta-information about this package makedocrel.g Code to (re)generate the documentation README This file! init.g Package initialisation read.g Package initialisation version The version number +--+ Contact +----------------------------------------------------------------+ If you use SBStrips at all then please let me know! You can reach me at: joe.allen [at] bristol [dot] ac [dot] uk (My pronouns are he/him/his; please just call me Joe and not anything super formal like "Mr Allen".) I'd be very interested to hear of any applications you may find. I'd also like to hear if you encounter any bugs/issues, or have any recommendations/suggestions. You can email me directly at the above address or you can log your thoughts on the GitHub issues page at: https://github.com/jw-allen/sbstrips/issues