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From 15 Nov 2017 to 14 Dec 2017
14 Dec 2017
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16:26 CoCoA-5 Bug #1140 (Closed): ImplicitModular: too many bad primes
- this is related with @implicit@: it should (by default) return the ideal in a ring with weights, so that the generato...
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14:54 CoCoA-5 Bug #1140: ImplicitModular: too many bad primes
- The defn of *@IsPrecedingNoCheck@* looks suspicious to me (compared to the defn in the article).
But changing the de... -
14:25 CoCoA-5 Bug #1140: ImplicitModular: too many bad primes
- The critical prime appears to be 223.
If I start the calculation from p=223, it reports that all other primes are BA... -
14:19 CoCoA-5 Bug #1140 (Closed): ImplicitModular: too many bad primes
- In the example below @ImplicitModular@ decides that it has found a "better prime", but after that all primes seem to ...
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14:29 CoCoALib Feature #587: port to CoCoALib: Homomorphism pkg (ker, IsInjective, IsSurjective..)
- @ker@ should use @implicit@, and @implicit@ should return (if not otherwise indicated) the answer in a ring with a co...
13 Dec 2017
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16:40 CoCoA-5 Feature #1073 (Feedback): RelNotes: current version or all previous versions?
- Done.
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14:28 CoCoA-5 Slug #798 (Closed): use poly ring with many variables is too slow
- Presumably we've been using this code for a couple of years without any problems arising.
Indeed the solution is n... -
14:23 CoCoA-5 Support #1000 (Feedback): CoCoAManual for "all cocoa commands"
- added in the entry for "all cocoa command" the search keys for, foreach, if, then, ....
so, when looking for one of... -
13:23 CoCoA-5 Bug #1139 (Closed): Radical problems
- Fixed: all the problem was in ideal(1).
(there is a naughty trick in @ElimRedundant(E)@)
Now @radical(I)@ exits @I@...
12 Dec 2017
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19:32 CoCoA-5 Bug #1139: Radical problems
- another...
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17:15 CoCoA-5 Bug #1139: Radical problems
- Much like the example above:...
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16:58 CoCoA-5 Bug #1139: Radical problems
- Here is another case where things go wrong:...
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15:06 CoCoA-5 Bug #1139: Radical problems
- The problem seems to be when the ideal contains 1....
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14:58 CoCoA-5 Bug #1139 (Closed): Radical problems
- There are still problems with radical: sometimes it gives an empty list instead of an ideal....
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15:36 CoCoA-5 Design #1137 (Closed): Latex: ideal
- It seems OK to me. Closing.
I have improved the manual entry slightly.
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11:01 CoCoA-5 Support #1023 (Closed): CoCoAManual for verbosity: how to find which levels? how to find which functions?
11 Dec 2017
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19:21 CoCoA-5 Design #1092 (Closed): Design issues for discussion in July 2017
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18:00 CoCoA-5 Design #1092 (Rejected): Design issues for discussion in July 2017
- We didn't take notes. Maybe we wrote things directly in the issues... or in the code.
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19:19 CoCoA-5 Bug #1133 (Closed): Radical bug
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19:19 CoCoA-5 Support #1074 (Feedback): CoCoAManual: entry for radical
- added example for radical(poly).
I'm not confident it always works for ideals in small characteristic.
I hope the... -
19:10 CoCoA-5 Support #1000: CoCoAManual for "all cocoa commands"
- John Abbott wrote:
> Is it possible to make links/references from normal manual pages to/from the page about CoCoA c... -
18:47 CoCoA-5 Support #1023 (Feedback): CoCoAManual for verbosity: how to find which levels? how to find which functions?
- I suggest closing this now.
A refined solution is much more difficult and probably not that necessary.
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18:14 CoCoA-5 Support #439 (Closed): CoCoA website: download pages and installing instructions
- The pages have changed a lot, and the comments here are vague.
There are more specific issues now, so I close this. -
18:07 CoCoA-5 Support #439 (Resolved): CoCoA website: download pages and installing instructions
- I keep installing cocoa for our students. The instructions are actually simple and complete.
Maybe we could add scr... -
18:13 CoCoA-5 Support #985: Microsoft (Windows 10, maybe other versions): more help for installation
- I keep installing cocoa for our students. The instructions are actually simple and complete.
Maybe we could add scre... -
18:11 CoCoA-5 Support #322: Installation instructions (on website)
- Adding a comment from John:
Some points to clarify on the website:
what to download and do for a completely... -
18:03 CoCoA-5 Feature #1119: Mailing list for CoCoAUsers
- more experiments, added logo in the google page.
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18:01 CoCoA-5 Design #1123 (Closed): Should "minimalize" be obsolescent?
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17:58 CoCoA-5 Design #1091 (Closed): ExternaLib-MathSAT: (first) prototype CoCoA-5 interface for MathSAT
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17:53 CoCoA-5 Bug #1100 (Closed): PrimaryDecomposition0: says not 0-dim but IsZeroDim says ideal is zero-dim!
- added tests
closing
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17:41 CoCoA-5 Bug #1080: intersect: problem with zero generators
- added test in exbugs.
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17:11 CoCoA-5 Bug #1080 (Closed): intersect: problem with zero generators
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17:10 CoCoA-5 Bug #1055 (Closed): CoCoAManual: duplication (2 pages for operators)
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17:08 CoCoA-5 Bug #697 (Closed): Interpreter: Avoid outputting an empty line after each line of input
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17:06 CoCoA-5 Design #1137 (Feedback): Latex: ideal
- documentation done.
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16:40 CoCoA-5 Design #1137 (Closed): Latex: ideal
- revised printing of ideals: now uses \ideal{gens} instead of old (gens)
Add macro definition in manual.
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16:55 CoCoA-5 Design #1075: LaTeX package: power-product printing
- Made simpler in easy, common cases: when all the indets in the ring are single letters, then the indets in a power-pr...
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16:42 CoCoA-5 Design #1075 (In Progress): LaTeX package: power-product printing
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16:45 CoCoA-5 Design #1138 (New): Latex: matrix
- Should we use matrix instead of array?
07 Dec 2017
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17:42 CoCoALib Feature #587: port to CoCoALib: Homomorphism pkg (ker, IsInjective, IsSurjective..)
- After doing some experiments we (Lorenzo Robbiano and I) are now convinced that it is always worth giving weights and...
06 Dec 2017
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13:43 CoCoALib Slug #1136 (In Progress): IsInRadical: sometimes a bit slow
- With the original exponents (4,5) the timings I obtained are:
* @IsInRadical(f1,I)@ took 2.6s
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13:33 CoCoALib Slug #1136 (Closed): IsInRadical: sometimes a bit slow
- I noticed that @test-RadicalMembership1.C@ was rather slow, and wanted to make it faster.
It tests for membership ...
05 Dec 2017
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16:07 CoCoALib Bug #1135: Compilaton with --debug configuration option gives errors
- > Should the target version be 0.99560 or 0.99570?
if it's done, 60! -
15:43 CoCoALib Bug #1135 (Resolved): Compilaton with --debug configuration option gives errors
- In an earlier version of CoCoALib the preprocessor symbol *@CoCoA_DEBUG@* contained an integer value: 1 gave standard...
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15:34 CoCoALib Bug #1135 (Closed): Compilaton with --debug configuration option gives errors
- Configuring CoCoALib with the option *@--debug@* produces errors when compiling the library, and then later when runn...
04 Dec 2017
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18:03 CoCoALib Support #1134: Organize better the documentation for CoCoALib
- One big disadvantage of the CoCoALib documentation compared to the CoCoA-5 documentation is the lack of "searchabilit...
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17:58 CoCoALib Support #1134 (New): Organize better the documentation for CoCoALib
- So far we have (mostly) followed the guideline of documentation files corresponding 1--1 to source files.
Devise a... -
12:19 CoCoA-5 Bug #1055: CoCoAManual: duplication (2 pages for operators)
- Now the "cocoa operators: introduction" is shorter (I commented out the part on priority, I'm not 100% sure...)
I a... -
11:20 CoCoA-5 Bug #697 (Feedback): Interpreter: Avoid outputting an empty line after each line of input
02 Dec 2017
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10:05 CoCoA-5 Support #1061: Release: CoCoA-5.2.2
- Some updates in the pages "dowload" (with link to google group) and "conferences" (with cocoa calendar)
01 Dec 2017
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17:26 CoCoA-5 Bug #1080 (Feedback): intersect: problem with zero generators
- I added the function @EmbedPolyListNo0@ in @TmpGReductor.C@.
It does the same as @EmbedPolyList@ but skipping zero p... -
16:22 CoCoA-5 Feature #1119: Mailing list for CoCoAUsers
- Some more cleaning. Now list is clean and ready.
I have to find out how to invite others and to advertise the subsc... -
15:48 CoCoA-5 Design #1127: subalgebra package obsolete?
- Mostly cleared: now it exports @SubalgebraHom@, and @SubalgebraRepr@ is obsolescent.
Exhaustive documentation shows... -
13:41 CoCoA-5 Design #1127 (In Progress): subalgebra package obsolete?
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13:41 CoCoA-5 Design #1127: subalgebra package obsolete?
- Indeed, we could just export @SubalgebraHom@ (pretty trivial function), and give some examples.
I'm a bit comfused t... -
12:04 CoCoA-5 Bug #1133 (Feedback): Radical bug
- Found it.
In some point the GBasis is added to the gens list. Later the gens list is expected interreduced.
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09:33 CoCoA-5 Bug #1133 (Closed): Radical bug
- ...
30 Nov 2017
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17:32 CoCoALib Feature #587: port to CoCoALib: Homomorphism pkg (ker, IsInjective, IsSurjective..)
- Improve the code adding weights and homogenization...
should be trivial...
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10:04 CoCoALib Feature #1132: Canonical homomorphism for (some) polynomial rings?
- JAA thinks that *@CanonicalHom@* should be fairly general, and not just a "single-step".
Perhaps the "single-step" v... -
09:28 CoCoALib Feature #1132 (New): Canonical homomorphism for (some) polynomial rings?
- It would be convenient to have an automatic homomorphism P1 -> P2 (differing only for ordering)
which effectively is...
29 Nov 2017
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21:39 CoCoALib Feature #1131 (In Progress): Sturm sequence
- I have checked in a first impl. It seems to work on a couple of simple tests.
The main problem is that it produce... -
21:35 CoCoALib Feature #1131 (Closed): Sturm sequence
- Added fn to compute a Sturm Seq, and to count the number of real roots (between two points?)
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16:13 CoCoALib Bug #1130 (In Progress): SqFreeFactor: should it work over ZZ?
- this gives error (general code is for fields)...
28 Nov 2017
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18:06 CoCoA-5 Feature #1129: Generic Timeout for CoCoA-5?
- The interface @SetTimeout@ and @UnsetTimeout@ is simple to understand. *BUT* it does imply use of a global variable ...
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16:05 CoCoA-5 Feature #1129: Generic Timeout for CoCoA-5?
- John Abbott wrote:
> In CoCoALib I have used the RAII "design pattern": the dtor for a *@CpuTimeLimit@* object stops... -
15:22 CoCoA-5 Feature #1129 (In Progress): Generic Timeout for CoCoA-5?
- In CoCoALib I have used the RAII "design pattern": the dtor for a *@CpuTimeLimit@* object stops the "time bomb".
So ... -
15:17 CoCoA-5 Feature #1129 (In Progress): Generic Timeout for CoCoA-5?
- CoCoALib has a generic "timeout" facility (via objects of type *@CpuTimeLimit@*).
Can something easy-to-use be por... -
14:56 CoCoA-5 Bug #1032: IsInRadical: fragile code
- My guess (I do not know the code) is that there is something optimized for monomial ideals...
Anyway, just looking... -
14:04 CoCoA-5 Bug #1032 (Resolved): IsInRadical: fragile code
- Most of these problems have been resolved by porting the code to CoCoALib (thanks to Alice Moallemy, Marvin Brandenst...
27 Nov 2017
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09:15 CoCoALib Feature #1094: Revive code for SelfSaturating GBasis
- Added interreduction (in CoCoA5 package)
25 Nov 2017
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10:42 CoCoALib Feature #361 (Closed): implement IsPrime3, IsMaximal3
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10:38 CoCoALib Design #924: FlagManager for bool/bool3 flags
- Suggested names for the functions modifying this:
@ComputeAndSetIsPrime3@, @ComputeAndSetIsMaximal3@, ...
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10:30 CoCoALib Design #924: FlagManager for bool/bool3 flags
- For ideals John suggested:
#899#note-7
Anna:
#899#note-5
24 Nov 2017
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17:21 CoCoALib Feature #1094: Revive code for SelfSaturating GBasis
- Understood (probably) what the interface was meant to be.
Written test code, seems to work well :-)
Final interre... -
17:03 CoCoA-5 Design #1128 (Closed): HomomorphismFns.cpkg5 no longer needed?
- The main functions from *@HomomorphismFns.cpkg5@* have been ported to CoCoALib, so the package appears no longer to s...
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17:00 CoCoA-5 Design #1127: subalgebra package obsolete?
- If I have understood what the 2 exported fns from @subalgebra.cpkg5@ do, then they seems to be "obsolete" to me (supe...
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16:58 CoCoA-5 Design #1127 (Closed): subalgebra package obsolete?
- Is the *@subalgebra.cpkg5@* package obsolete now that we have homomorphism fns in CoCoALib?
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15:28 CoCoALib Feature #587: port to CoCoALib: Homomorphism pkg (ker, IsInjective, IsSurjective..)
- What is the status of this issue? Isn't it nearly finished?
Related to thi is the use of @PreImage@ in some CoCoA...
20 Nov 2017
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22:31 CoCoA-5 Bug #545 (Closed): Compiler g++ 4.2.1 (clang-503.0.40) on MacOSX 10.9: warnings and errors
- Now using 10.11.
There are still some warning (lots), but compilation has been working fine for ages now.
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22:14 CoCoA-5 Bug #545 (Feedback): Compiler g++ 4.2.1 (clang-503.0.40) on MacOSX 10.9: warnings and errors
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22:01 CoCoA-5 Design #1123 (Feedback): Should "minimalize" be obsolescent?
- Trying to "save" it and postponing it, I wasted time.
I realized that the CoCoALib function @myMinimalize@ is just a... -
16:12 CoCoALib Feature #730 (Closed): Stats in GBMill (GReductor)
- Closing this issue.
May be improved, but it is acceptable for the general requirement.
I needed make a more specifi... -
16:07 CoCoALib Feature #1053 (Closed): New function: IdealOfGBasis, IdealOfMinGens in CoCoALib
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15:49 CoCoALib Feature #1126 (Closed): New function: SubmoduleOfMinGens
- As for ideals.
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15:47 CoCoA-5 Design #1020 (Closed): Rename minimalized(I) into IdealOfMinGens(I)?
- Done.
It should also be dome properly for modules, doing in CoCoALib @SubmoduleOfGBasis@ and @SubmoduleOfMinGens@. -
14:06 CoCoALib Design #908: Sum of ideals: what are the generators of (x) + (0)?
- I have met this problem in a particular context (hyperplane arrangements).
We constructed an ideal and then asked @S...
16 Nov 2017
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17:13 CoCoALib Design #1125: Separate install script for CoCoALib?
- A crucial aspect is passing to the script all the values it will need (including a path which might contain awkward c...
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16:38 CoCoALib Design #1125 (New): Separate install script for CoCoALib?
- The @install@ target in the top @Makefile@ for CoCoALib is about 70 lines long.
It would probably be better to mak... -
16:36 CoCoA-5 Design #1123 (In Progress): Should "minimalize" be obsolescent?
- I prefer @minimalize@ to be made obsolescent; instead one should use @I := IdealOfMinGens(I)@ which is longer to writ...
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11:54 CoCoA-5 Design #1123 (Closed): Should "minimalize" be obsolescent?
- minimalized --> done.
what about minimalized?
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16:32 CoCoALib Design #1124: Move examples directory into doc -- or just change makefile?
- If we do move @examples/@ into @doc/@ then presumably this should also be the case for an installed version of CoCoAL...
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15:24 CoCoALib Design #1124 (In Progress): Move examples directory into doc -- or just change makefile?
- Anna was concerned that "hiding" @examples/@ inside @doc/@ might make it less visible; but apart from that doubt she ...
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15:22 CoCoALib Design #1124 (Closed): Move examples directory into doc -- or just change makefile?
- After having improved the installation procedure for CoCoALib, it seems better/cleaner/more natural to put the direct...
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15:20 CoCoALib Feature #1005: Makefile: install target for CoCoALib
- Before installing CoCoA you must compile *both* the library *and* the documentation (incl. @examples/index.html@).
T...
15 Nov 2017
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18:11 CoCoA-5 Bug #697: Interpreter: Avoid outputting an empty line after each line of input
- Seems OK to me.
Let's worry later (if at all) about outputting a newline if the last print line didn't have one...... -
17:43 CoCoA-5 Feature #1011 (Closed): Random seed fn
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17:40 CoCoA-5 Design #939 (Closed): Rename Fact to factorial?
- Moved. Closing.
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17:23 CoCoA-5 Design #939: Rename Fact to factorial?
- The advantage of moving @Fact@ (and @Factorial@?) to @obsolescent.cpkg5 is that users will get a message telling them...
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17:39 CoCoA-5 Support #940 (Closed): Check all fns in packages work even without BackwardCompatible.cpkg5
- I have just run the CoCoA-5 tests with @BackwardCompatible.cpkg5@ moved to different place. All tests passed.
Ye... -
17:36 CoCoA-5 Feature #978: CommonDenom: for polys and lists?
- Work on "ideals mod p" still in progress.
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17:19 CoCoA-5 Feature #1021 (Closed): CoCoA Manual: search should ignore multiple spaces
- I have implemented Approach (3).
Should we tell the public that double-quotes are "ignored" when searching in the ... -
17:05 CoCoA-5 Slug #1109 (Closed): Emacs UI can be slow in M$ Windows
- I have been using CoCoA-5 inside emacs for over a month with the new line added to @cocoa5.emacs@, and have not notic...
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17:02 CoCoA-5 Design #1067 (Closed): "Randomize" and "Randomized" obsolete?
- I shall close this issue, and create a new issue about creating @RandomLinearForm@.
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17:01 CoCoA-5 Feature #1122 (Closed): New fn: RandomLinearForm
- Should we add a new function *@RandomLinearForm@*?
What should its arg(s) be?
Split off from issue #1067.
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16:54 CoCoALib Design #908: Sum of ideals: what are the generators of (x) + (0)?
- I have spoken briefly to Renzo about this.
He thinks it is most natural if @gens(ideal(L)) = L@ always.
Ideal s... -
14:57 CoCoA-5 Slug #1025 (In Progress): Example of slow LEX GBasis computation
- Here is a zero-dim ideal with simple DegRevLex RGB...
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