README.md
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2The GRAPE 4.8.3 Package for GAP
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5GRAPE is a GAP package for computing with graphs and groups,
6by Leonard H. Soicher, with contributions from Steve Linton, Alexander
7Hulpke, Jerry James and Max Horn, and including Brendan McKay's nauty 2.2
8(final patched version) package.
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10The GRAPE package and the source included with this distribution are
11copyright (C) Leonard Soicher 1992-2019, except for the following:
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13- Brendan McKay's nauty 2.2 system; see the nauty copyright notice in
14file nauty22/nauty-h.in
15- Steve Linton's SmallestImageSet function in lib/smallestimage.g
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17Except for Brendan McKay's nauty 2.2 package, GRAPE is licensed under the
18terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
19Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any
20later version. For details, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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22Referencing GRAPE
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25Please reference your use of the GRAPE package in a published work
26as follows:
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28L.H. Soicher, The GRAPE package for GAP, Version 4.8.3, 2019,
29<https://gap-packages.github.io/grape>.
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31Questions, remarks, suggestions, and issues
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34For questions, remarks, suggestions, and issues, please use the
35issue tracker at <https://github.com/gap-packages/grape/issues>.
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37Installing GRAPE
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40The official GAP Windows distribution includes the GRAPE package
41fully installed. Thus, GRAPE normally requires no further installation
42for Windows users of GAP. What follows is for Unix users of GRAPE.
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44You do not need to download and unpack an archive for GRAPE
45unless you want to install the package separately from your main
46GAP installation or are installing an upgrade of GRAPE to an
47existing installation of GAP. If you do need to download
48GRAPE, you can find the latest archive .tar.gz file for the
49package at <https://gap-packages.github.io/grape>.
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51Installation and testing instructions for the GRAPE package
52can be found in Chapter 1 of the GRAPE manual, available from
53<https://gap-packages.github.io/grape>.
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