Timetable

The following work is to be done:

1. Developing data-structures for representing near-rings.
2. Developing algorithms for computing with these data-structures. This part comprises writing prototypes for the invented functions and representations.
3. Implementing the data-structures according to the design-rules of GAP.
4. Implementing the algorithms.
5. Writing functions that link the near-ring package to the applications of near-ring theory, e.g. functions producing BIB-designs from planar near-rings.
6. Investigating some classes of near-rings using our system.
7. Writing the manual and on-line help for the near-ring package.

We plan to do the work as follows during the 15 months of the project.