> < ^ Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 22:54:05 +0200
> < ^ From: Charles Wright <wright@math.uoregon.edu >
< ^ Subject: Re: Elements of order 4 in a subgroup of order 2

Dear Frank --

Thanks for straightening me out so promptly and patiently. In fact I KNEW that I
needed a cgs for AgSubgroup, but somehow when I invoked it and GAP called the result a
subgroup I didn't stop to consider that I had misled GAP.

I feel especially foolish for having sent my "bug" report to GAP Forum, rather than to
you personally. Perhaps someday I will learn to wait a day before sending off bug
reports. In my defense let me say that a few years ago I really DID find serious bugs
in CAYLEY in exactly the kind of situation I reported to you. The CAYLEY programmers
had overlooked what their programs would do in case composition factors had order 2.

All best wishes (=mfg),

Charley
--

wright@math.uoregon.edu

Charles R.B. Wright
Department of Mathematics
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403

503-346-4730 (office)   503-485-4399 (home)

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