GAP for Education

This page contains material which will be of interest to instructors interested in incorporating use of computer algebra into abstract algebra courses. The development of this material has been supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0633333.

Installers

Installer for Macintosh OSX (10.4, Tiger or 10.5 Leopard), Universal Binary. Includes GAP 4.4.12 and selected packages. (The installer is contained in a .zip file that needs to be unpacked first.)

Version of 2/27/09

Installer for Windows XP or Vista (not tested on other versions). Includes GAP 4.4.12 and selected Packages.

Version of 1/2/09

Download the appropriate Installer and run it by clicking. You have the option (by selecting customization) to select or deselect packages to install. Almost all class use will not require any modification of the package selection. A detailled list of packages can be found on a spearate page.

Documentation

Abstract Algebra in GAP: Instructor Manual for GAP, including possible homework problems. LaTeX Source. (Draft)
cgtnotes.pdf: Notes for a course in Computational Group Theory. (Summer 2008, Spring 2010)

Alexander Hulpke (hulpke@math.colostate.edu), January 12, 2010
Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recomendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).