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We describe general methods for enumerating subsemigroups of finite semigroups and techniques to improve the algorithmic efficiency of the calculations. As a particular application we use our algorithms to enumerate all transformation…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2017-03-02 James East , Attila Egri-Nagy , James D. Mitchell

In this paper we present a novel algorithm for computing a congruence on an inverse semigroup from a collection of generating pairs. This algorithm uses a myriad of techniques from the theories of groups, automata, and inverse semigroups.…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-08 Luna Elliott , Alex Levine , James D. Mitchell

We describe a new approach towards the systematic construction of finite groups up to isomorphism. This approach yields a practical algorithm for the construction of finite solvable groups up to isomorphism. We report on a GAP…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2016-07-18 Bettina Eick , Max Horn

In this paper we give an algorithm to determine all finite matrix groups over a number field. Our algorithm is based on the representation theory of finite groups.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Daniil Yurshevich

We develop a practical algorithm to decide whether a finitely generated subgroup of a solvable algebraic group $G$ is arithmetic. This incorporates a procedure to compute a generating set of an arithmetic subgroup of $G$. We also provide a…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-05-13 W. A. de Graaf , A. S. Detinko , D. L. Flannery

This article is intended to an introductory lecture in material physics, in which the modern computational group theory and the electronic structure calculation are in collaboration. The effort of mathematicians in field of the group…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-08-08 Akihito Kikuchi

Consider a relatively hyperbolic group G. We prove that if G is finitely presented, so are its parabolic subgroups. Moreover, a presentation of the parabolic subgroups can be found algorithmically from a presentation of G, a solution of its…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2014-10-01 François Dahmani , Vincent Guirardel

We present a uniform methodology for computing with finitely generated matrix groups over any infinite field. As one application, we completely solve the problem of deciding finiteness in this class of groups. We also present an algorithm…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-05-14 A. S. Detinko , D. L. Flannery , E. A. O'Brien

We describe two algorithms for finding representatives of the nilpotent orbits of a theta-group. The algorithms have been implemented in the computer algebra system GAP (inside the package SLA). We comment on their performance. We apply the…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2009-07-13 Willem A. de Graaf

A constructive method for decomposing finite dimensional representations of semisimple real Lie algebras is developed. The method is illustrated by an example. We also discuss an implementation of the algorithm in the language of the…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2020-06-19 Sajid Ali , Hassan Azad , Indranil Biswas , Willem A. de Graaf

We develop methods for computing with matrix groups defined over a range of infinite domains, and apply those methods to the design of algorithms for nilpotent groups. In particular, we provide a practical algorithm to test nilpotency of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-07-16 A. S. Detinko , D. L. Flannery

The package numericalsgps performs computations with and for numerical semigroups. Recently also affine semigroups are admitted as objects for calculations. This manuscript is a survey of what the package does, and at the same time of the…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2019-02-12 Manuel Delgado , Pedro A. García Sánchez

We present a survey of quantum algorithms, primarily for an intended audience of pure mathematicians. We place an emphasis on algorithms involving group theory.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael Batty , Samuel L. Braunstein , Andrew J. Duncan , Sarah Rees

We give two algorithmic procedures to compute the whole set of almost symmetric numerical semigroups with fixed Frobenius number and type, and the whole set of almost symmetric numerical semigroups with fixed Frobenius number. Our…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2018-11-16 M. B. Branco , I. Ojeda , J. C. Rosales

The mathematical software \texttt{GAP} (Groups, Algorithms, Programming) offers a powerful set of tools to investigate computationally group theory. Using this software package we investigate a variation of a well-known problem in…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2017-11-03 Ignacio P. Navarro

In this paper we give an algorithm for the computation of all the Arf numerical semigroups with a given genus. Moreover, we generalize the concept of genus of a numerical semigroup to good semigroups of $\mathbb{N}^r$ and we give a…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2018-02-09 Giuseppe Zito

Semigroup theory is a branch of abstract algebra, and it provides mathematical tools for the theory of computation. Finite semigroups can describe state transition systems and thus they model physically realizable computers. Engineering…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-22 James East , Attila Egri-Nagy , Andrew R. Francis , James D. Mitchell

Algorithms are described that help with obtaining a classification of the semisimple subalgebras of a given semisimple Lie algebra, up to linear equivalence. The algorithms have been used to obtain classifications of the semisimple…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2010-04-13 Willem A. de Graaf

We present a new algorithm deciding if the intersection of a quasiconvex subgroup of a negatively curved group with a conjugate is finite. We also give a short proof of decidability of the membership problem for quasiconvex subgroups of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-11-08 Rita Gitik

In this paper, we discuss how to apply GAP to do computations in modular representation theory. Of particular interest is the generating number of a group algebra, which measures the failure of the generating hypothesis in the stable module…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2015-02-27 Gaohong Wang