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Document DirectProduct and SemidirectProduct - #213

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Closes #212. Not sure if this is the correct/best place to put this in the documentation.

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Comment thread doc/basics.xml
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<ManSection>
<Oper Name="SemidirectProduct" Arg="G, alpha, N" Label="for pcp groups"/>
<Description>
returns the semidirect product of the pcp-groups <A>G</A> and <A>N</A>,
where <A>G</A> acts on <A>N</A> via <A>alpha</A>, as a pcp-group.
</Description>
</ManSection>

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Could you add an example for this? In my experience figuring out how to get a suitable alpha is the hardest bit of using SemidirectProduct (in general, also in the GAP library) and an example helps users tremendously.

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I added the construction of the Klein bottle group, think that's sufficient, or is it too trivial?

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That's perfect, thanks

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fingolfin merged commit 89138f3 into gap-packages:master Oct 8, 2026
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Document DirectProduct and SemidirectProduct

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