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logo: remove origin story, it is also in the git repo
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For more details, see the official CC BY-SA 4.0 license: <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>.
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## Origin of the Logo
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The logo was designed by Max Horn, who gives this explanation for the
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design rationale behind it.
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> The diagram in the left part is meant to symbolize symmetry, here $S_3$
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> acting on the vertices of a graph with four nodes, the action indicated by
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> arrows suggesting involutions swapping the leaves. The graph can also be
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> interpreted as the Dynkin diagram of type $D_4$, and then the group action
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> is the triality automorphism which plays an important role in algebriac Lie
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> theory, finite simple groups, geometry and more.
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> The letters GAP feature prominently and are arranged vertically. It is red,
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> matching the color of the central node of the Dynkin diagram. The central node
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> thus represents GAP and the outer nodes revolve around it
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> In addition, in the full logo we spell out what the abbreviation GAP stands
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> for, to convey clearly what GAP is about.
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> The font in the logo is the [Ubuntu Font](https://design.ubuntu.com/font/). It
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> is under a [liberal license](https://ubuntu.com/legal/font-licence) that is
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> compatible with the open source spirit of the GAP project. Its design blurb
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> states that it aims to "convey a precise, reliable and free attitude", which
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> of course fits well with GAP.
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More information can be found at <https://github.com/gap-system/gap-logo>.

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