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+# pari-galdata
+
+This package contains the optional [PARI](https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/)
+package [galdata](https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/packages.html), which
+provides the Galois resolvents for the `polgalois` function, for degrees 8
+through 11.