[GAP Forum] generic character tables

[Frank Luebeck]

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 marcus at math.uic.edu wrote:

> I need to produce
> generic character
> tables, that is,
> character tables
> for linear groups
> over a field of size
> $q$, where I actually
> want to use the symbol
> $q$ in place of some
> number.
>
> CHEVIE apparently does
> this, but it seems
> to require version 5
> of Maple, which I can't
> find anywhere.
> My network administrator
> has version 6. Will
> this work?
>
> Otherwise, does anyone
> know how I might do this?

Dear Marcus, dear Gap Forum,

It happens that very recently another user has translated the Maple
code of the CHEVIE package to work with Maple 8.

After some tests I have put that version on the web page:
    http://www.math.rwth-aachen.de/~CHEVIE

In fact that version seems to work with Maple 7, 8 or 9. Unfortunately
it doesn't work with Maple 6 for reasons I don't understand.

I hope you find a way to use either the Maple V.3 or the new variant of
the package.

Don't hesitate to contact me if you need further help concerning generic
character tables. (But probably not via the GAP Forum, since this part
of the CHEVIE package is not GAP related.)

With best regards,

  Frank Lübeck



///  Dr. Frank Lübeck, Lehrstuhl D für Mathematik, Templergraben 64,  ///
\\\                    52062 Aachen, Germany                          \\\
///  E-mail: Frank.Luebeck at Math.RWTH-Aachen.De                        ///
\\\  WWW:    http://www.math.rwth-aachen.de/~Frank.Luebeck/           \\\