SnapPy

What is SnapPy?

SnapPy is a user interface to the SnapPea kernel which runs on Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows. SnapPy combines a link editor and 3D-graphics for Dirichlet domains and cusp neighborhoods with a powerful command-line interface based on the Python programming language. You can see it in action, learn how to install it, and read the tutorial.

Contents

• Screenshots: SnapPy in action
• Installing and running SnapPy
• Tutorial
• snappy: A Python interface for SnapPea
• Using SnapPy’s link editor
• To Do List
• Development Basics

Credits

Written by Marc Culler and Nathan Dunfield. Uses the SnapPea kernel written by Jeff Weeks. Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.