Several "official" GAP packages are included, all of which are available from http://www.gap-system.org/Packages/packages.html. They are all released under the GPL with the following exception: GRAPE contains nauty (written by Brendon McKay). A brief description of each package follows: [[http://www.math.wayne.edu/~kaym/research/|braid]] is a GAP package for computing with braids, covering curves, and Hurwitz spaces. [[http://www.gap-system.org/Packages/ctbllib.html|CTblLib]] - The GAP Character Table Library [[http://www.gap-system.org/Packages/design.html|DESIGN]] is a package for classifying, partitioning and studying block designs. [[http://www.gap-system.org/Packages/factint.html|FactInt]] is a package providing routines for factoring integers, in particular: * Pollard's p-1 * Williams' p+1 * Elliptic Curves Method (ECM) * Continued Fraction Algorithm (CFRAC) * Multiple Polynomial Quadratic Sieve (MPQS) [[http://www.gap-system.org/Packages/gapdoc.html|GAPDoc]] is a package containing a definition of a structure for GAP documentation, based on XML. It also contains conversion programs for producing text-, DVI-, PDF- or HTML-versions of such documents, with hyperlinks if possible. [[http://www.gap-system.org/Packages/grape.html|GRAPE]] ("GRaph Algorithms using PErmutation groups") is a package for computing with graphs and groups, and is primarily designed for constructing and analysing graphs related to groups, finite geometries, and designs. [[http://www.gap-system.org/Packages/hap.html|HAP]] ("Homological Algebra Programming") is a GAP package providing some functions for group cohomology computation. [[http://www.gap-system.org/Packages/laguna.html|LAGUNA]] ("Lie AlGebras and UNits of group Algebras") package provides functionality for calculation of the normalized unit group of the modular group algebra of the finite p-group and for investigation of Lie algebra associated with group algebras and other associative algebras. [[http://www.gap-system.org/Packages/sonata.html|SONATA]] ("System Of Nearrings And Their Applications") is a package which constructs finite nearrings and related objects. [[http://www.gap-system.org/Packages/toric.html|TORIC]] is a GAP package for computing with toric varieties.