GAP Package AutPGrp

The AutPGrp package introduces a new function to compute the automorphism group of a finite $p$-group. The underlying algorithm is a refinement of the methods described in O’Brien (1995). In particular, this implementation is more efficient in both time and space requirements and hence has a wider range of applications than the ANUPQ method. Our package is written in GAP code and it makes use of a number of methods from the GAP library such as the MeatAxe for matrix groups and permutation group functions. We have compared our method to the others available in GAP. Our package usually out-performs all but the method designed for finite abelian groups. We note that our method uses the small groups library in certain cases and hence our algorithm is more effective if the small groups library is installed.

The current version of this package is version 1.11, released on 2022-08-05. For more information, please refer to the package manual. There is also a README file.

License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Dependencies

This package requires GAP version >=4.7

Authors

Bettina Eick, Eamonn O’Brien.

Citing

Please, cite this package as

[EHO22] Eick, B., Horn, M. and O'Brien, E., AutPGrp, Computing the Automorphism Group of a p-Group, Version 1.11 (2022)
(Refereed GAP package), https://gap-packages.github.io/autpgrp/.

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

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