1                           The LieAlgDB Package
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4The package LieAlgDB provides access to several classifications of Lie
5algebras.  In  the mathematics literature many  classifications of Lie
6algebras  of  various types  have  been  published  (we refer  to  the
7bibliography of the manual for a few examples).  However, working with
8these  classifications from paper  is not  always easy.   This package
9aims at making a few classifications of small dimensional Lie algebras
10that  have  appeared  in   recent  years  more  accessible.  For  each
11classification  that  is  contained  in  the  package,  functions  are
12provided that  construct Lie algebras from  that classification inside
13GAP. This  allows the user to  obtain easy access to  the often rather
14complicated  data  contained  in  a classification,  and  to  directly
15interface the Lie algebras to the functionality for Lie algebras which
16is already contained in GAP.
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20                                 Authors
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23The package was written by:
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25Serena Cicalò
26Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica
27Via Ospedale, 72
2809124 Cagliari
29Email: cicalo@science.unitn.it
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31and
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33Willem de Graaf
34Dipartimento di Matematica
35Via Sommarive, 14
3638050 Povo (Trento)
37Italy
38Email: degraaf@science.unitn.it
39WWW: http://www.science.unitn.it/~degraaf/
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43Csaba Schneider
44Informatics Research Laboratory
45Computer and Automation Research Institute
461518 Budapest
47Pf. 63
48Hungary
49Email: csaba.schneider@sztaki.hu
50WWW: www.sztaki.hu/~schneider
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52                     Installing the package
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55To install the package, move the archive file into the `pkg' directory
56in which you  plan to install the package.  Usually,  this will be the
57directory `pkg' in the hierarchy  of your version of GAP 4.  (However,
58it  is also possible  to keep  an additional  `pkg' directory  in your
59private directories, see section  "ref:Installing GAP Packages" of the
60GAP 4  reference manual for details  on how to do  this.)  Then unpack
61the archive file and that's it!
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63                               Bug reports
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66If you encounter problems, please report them via our issue tracker:
67  <https://github.com/gap-packages/liealgdb/issues>
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69When sending a bug report, please to to include enough information so
70that we can reproduce the problem.
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