SnapPy
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SnapPy is a package for studying the topology and geometry of
3-manifolds, with a focus on hyperbolic structures.  It is based on
the SnapPea kernel written by `Jeffery Weeks
<http://www.geometrygames.org>`_.  

Complete documentation is available on the web including the
`main page <http://snappy.computop.org>`_ and an
`installation guide <http://snappy.computop.org/installing.html>`_.
You can also browse the
`source code <https://bitbucket.org/t3m/snappy>`_.

Credits
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Primarily developed by `Marc Culler <http://math.uic.edu/~culler>`_
and `Nathan Dunfield <http://dunfield.info>`_ based on SnapPea by
Jeffery Weeks.   With contributions from
`many people <http://snappy.computop.org/credits.html>`_.

License
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Copyright 2007-present by Marc Culler, Nathan Dunfield, Jeff Weeks and others.

This code is released under the `GNU General Public License, version 2
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt>`_
or (at your option) any later version as published by the Free
Software Foundation. 
