GAP Package Vole

Vole is a GAP package that implements algorithms in finite permutation groups, such as canonical images, stabilisers, and subgroup intersection. These are all implemented as part of the general ‘graph backtracking’ framework.

The current version of this package is version 0.6.0, released on 2025-01-09. For more information, please refer to the package manual. There is also a README file.

Dependencies

This package requires GAP version >= 4.13.0

The following other GAP packages are needed:

• Digraphs >= 1.1.1
• IO >= 4.7.0
• json >= 2.0.1
• datastructures >= 0.2.6
• images >=1.3.0
• primgrp >=3.4.0

The following additional GAP packages are not required, but suggested:

• AutoDoc >= 2019.09.04
• ferret >= 1.0.2
• QuickCheck >= 0.1
• OrbitalGraphs >= 0.1

Authors

Mun See Chang, Christopher Jefferson, Wilf A. Wilson.

Citing

Please, cite this package as

[CJW25] Chang, M. S., Jefferson, C. and Wilson, W. A., Vole, Vole organises lengthy explorations: Backtrack search in permutation groups with graphs, Version 0.6.0 (2025)
(GAP package), https://peal.github.io/vole.

You can get more info by typing Cite("Vole"); in the gap prompt.

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