Package regina-normal-4.6-2

Regina is a suite of mathematical software for 3-manifold topologists. It focuses upon the study of 3-manifold triangulations and includes support for normal surfaces and angle structures. Highlights of Regina include triangulation analysis and simplification, census creation and normal surface enumeration. It offers embedded Python scripting giving full access to the calculation engine. This package includes the KDE user interface and the command-line Python interface, as well as the users' reference manual and the Python reference (i.e., the API documentation for the Regina calculation engine).

Two main binaries are provided with Regina: - /sw/bin/regina-kde, which starts the KDE user interface; - /sw/bin/regina-python, which starts a command-line Python session. Several other specialised binaries are also provided; see the users' reference manual for details. The users' reference manual is provided with this package and can be viewed in the KDE Help Centre, or by entering the URL 'help:/regina/' directly into konqueror. It can also be viewed through Regina's graphical user interface by selecting "Help -> Regina Handbook". Sample topology data files and sample Python sessions are provided in the directory /sw/share/doc/regina-normal/examples/. If you are using Python scripting or if you are building the Regina calculation engine into your own projects, you will probably want the calculation engine API documentation. This API documentation is installed in the directory /sw/share/regina-normal/engine-docs/, and can also be viewed through Regina's graphical user interface by selecting "Help -> Python Reference". Headers and other development files required for building Regina's C++ calculation engine into your own projects are provided by the package regina-normal4.6-dev. If you find Regina useful in your research, please consider citing it as you would any other paper that you use. The introductory chapter of the Regina reference manual includes a suggested form of reference.