Publications of Max Neunhöffer

This page contains a list of my publications. Whenever legally possible, I provide a PDF version of a preprint or even the final version.
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Mathematical publications

• Arithmetical properties of idempotents in group algebras.
  C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris Sér. I Math. 330 (2000), no. 7, p. 535-539; MR 2001a:16043.
  [as PDF file]

• Enumerating large orbits and direct condensation.
  (Together with Frank Lübeck)
  Experiment. Math. 10 (2001), no. 2, p. 197--205; MR1837671 (2002m:20028).
  [as PDF file] [Journal]

• Completing the Brauer trees for the sporadic simple Lyons group.
  (Together with Jürgen Müller, Frank Röhr, and Rob Wilson)
  LMS J. Comput. Math 5 (2002), p. 18-33 (electronic); MR1916920 (2003e:20015).
  [as PDF file] [Journal]

• Untersuchungen zu James' Vermutung über Iwahori-Hecke-Algebren vom Typ A
  Phd thesis, RWTH Aachen, in German, 2003, p. 1-150.
  [as PDF file] [electronically published] (see also this page)

• Some computations regarding Foulkes' conjecture
  (Together with Jürgen Müller)
  Experiment. Math. 14 (2005), no. 3, p. 277-283.
  [as PDF file] [Journal]

• Generalised sifting in black-box groups
  (Together with Sophie Ambrose, Cheryl E. Praeger, and Csaba Schneider)
  LMS Journal of Computing and Mathematics. 8 (2005), p. 217-250 (electronic)
  [arXiv] [Journal]

• The 2-modular characters of the Fischer group Fi₂₃
  (Together with Gerhard Hiß and Felix Noeske)
  Journal of Algebra 300 (2006), no. 2, p. 555-570.
  [as PDF file] [Journal]

• Kazhdan-Lusztig basis, Wedderburn decomposition, and Lusztig's homomorphism for Iwahori-Hecke-Algebras
  Journal of Algebra 303 (2006), no. 1, p. 430-446.
  [as PDF file] [Journal]

• A Data Structure for a Uniform Approach to Computations with Finite Groups
  (Together with Ákos Seress)
  in ISSAC'06, July 9-12, 2006, Genova, Italy. (2006), p. 254-261.
  [as PDF file] [Journal]

• Enumerating big orbits and an application: B acting on the cosets of Fi₂₃
  (Together with Jürgen Müller and Robert Wilson)
  Journal of Algebra 314 (2007), no. 1, p. 75-96.
  [as PDF file] [Journal]

• Formulas for primitive Idempotents in Frobenius Algebras and an Application to Decomposition Maps
  (Together with Sarah Scherotzke)
  Representation Theory 12 (2008), p. 170-185.
  [as PDF file] [Journal] [on arXiv]

• Computing Minimal Polynomials of Matrices
  (Together with Cheryl E. Praeger)
  LMS Journal of Computation and Mathematics.
  11 (2008), p. 252-279; published 4 Aug 2008.
  [as PDF file] [Journal]

• A polynomial-time reduction algorithm for groups of semilinear or subfield class
  (Together with Jon Carlson and Colva Roney-Dougal)
  Journal of Algebra 322 (2009), p. 613-637.
  [as PDF file] [Journal]

• A new construction of the asymptotic algebra associated to the $q$-Schur algebra
  (Together with Olivier Brunat)
  Submitted.
  [as PDF file] [arXiv]

• The Involution Jumper
  In preparation.
  

• Constructive Recognition of Finite Groups
  Habilitationsschrift. Submitted.
  

Software

• XGAP - a graphical front end for GAP.
  (Together with Frank Celler)
  Refereed GAP package, published 1999, see GAP site.

• Direct Condense 2 - a parallel implementation.
  (Together with Frank Lübeck)
  C programs, published 2000, see homepage.

• GAPDoc - a GAP package for writing GAP documentation.
  (Together with Frank Lübeck)
  GAP package, not yet refereed, first published 2002, see the GAPDoc homepage or GAP site.

• IO - a GAP package for doing input/output.
  GAP package, not yet refereed, first published 2006, see IO homepage.

• cvec - a GAP package implemention compressed vectors and matrices.
  GAP package, not yet refereed, first published 2006, see cvec homepage.

• orb - a GAP package for enumerating orbits.
  GAP package, not yet refereed, first published 2006, see orb homepage.

• OKUSON - organization of exercise classes via the web.
  (Together with Frank Lübeck)
  Published 2004, for details see the OKUSON homepage.

• The Mixer - a tool to create web sites.
  Published 2004, for details see the Mixer homepage.

• Pysh - a shell written in Python.
  Published 2004, for details see the Pysh homepage.

• mymkinitrd - scripts to boot modular Linux kernels
  Published 2004, for details see the mymkinitrd homepage.

• clonepc - utility to clone Linux installations
  Published 2004, for details see the clonepc homepage.

• Mister-X - a multiplayer online game.
  (Together with David van Bebber.
  Not yet finished, see the Mister-X homepage.