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From 05 Oct 2016 to 03 Nov 2016

03 Nov 2016

17:06 Support #953: new file for old functions: obsolescent.C
I prefer not to have so many preprocessor flags. We do need 1 to make the contents of @obsolescent.H@ visible/invisi... John Abbott
16:45 Support #953: new file for old functions: obsolescent.C
John Abbott wrote:
> My preference is that obsolescent fns remain invisible by default; the user must do something t...
Anna Maria Bigatti
16:28 Support #953: new file for old functions: obsolescent.C
I have checkedin the relevant files. The new files are called *@obsolescent.H@* and *@obsolescent.C@*.
CoCoALib i...
John Abbott
11:05 Support #953: new file for old functions: obsolescent.C
John Abbott wrote:
> I have a first implementation (but called the file @obsolete.C@ since I find "obsolete" easier ...
Anna Maria Bigatti
10:28 Support #953: new file for old functions: obsolescent.C
I have a first implementation (but called the file @obsolete.C@ since I find "obsolete" easier to type than "obsolesc... John Abbott
07:56 Support #953: new file for old functions: obsolescent.C
John Abbott wrote:
> Here are some ideas about how we might achieve a reasonable design:
> * obsolete/obsolescent f...
Anna Maria Bigatti
08:50 Feature #961 (Closed): New function: ReducedGBasis
Currently @ReducedGBasis@ is implemented in CoCoA_5.
Add it to CoCoALib, and add the flag @HasReducedGBasis@.
Suppo...
Anna Maria Bigatti

02 Nov 2016

22:15 Support #953 (In Progress): new file for old functions: obsolescent.C
Here are some ideas about how we might achieve a reasonable design:
* obsolete/obsolescent fns go into 2 files @obso...
John Abbott
20:58 Feature #951: New function: IsSqFree
John Abbott wrote:
> *NOTE* the special fn for PPs is still called *@IsRadical@*; should we rename it?
yes, pleas...
Anna Maria Bigatti
20:17 Feature #951: New function: IsSqFree
John Abbott wrote:
> I believe I have fixed the SEGV bug. Checked in new version of @DUPFp.C@. @Anna: could you ch...
Anna Maria Bigatti
18:58 Feature #951: New function: IsSqFree
I believe I have fixed the SEGV bug. Checked in new version of @DUPFp.C@. @Anna: could you check? :-)
*NOTE* p...
John Abbott
18:23 Feature #951: New function: IsSqFree
Reducing the example. These give segv:... Anna Maria Bigatti
18:17 Feature #951: New function: IsSqFree
While comparing various implementations of radical(0-dim) I found this, unexpected for me:
@IsSqFree@ is quite fast ...
Anna Maria Bigatti
18:38 Feature #958: New function: multiplicity and dim
John Abbott wrote:
> Do you plan to add @MultiplicityQuot@ and @DimQuot@ to CoCoA-5?
> If one computes @dim(P/I)@, ...
Anna Maria Bigatti
17:17 Feature #958 (Resolved): New function: multiplicity and dim
Do you plan to add @MultiplicityQuot@ and @DimQuot@ to CoCoA-5?
If one computes @dim(P/I)@, does that actually creat...
John Abbott
17:13 Feature #957 (In Progress): New function: HasGBasis
Even though I invented it, I do not much like the name *@TidyGens@*...
Also, it is not clear to me how to deal wit...
John Abbott
15:50 Feature #957: New function: HasGBasis
Also implemented the member function @IHaveGBasis@ Anna Maria Bigatti
15:45 Feature #957: New function: HasGBasis
I implemented it.
It took a remarkably long time mostly for choosing the name and deciding where to put it.
In fact...
Anna Maria Bigatti

27 Oct 2016

16:36 Feature #958: New function: multiplicity and dim
Done. Still need documentation. Anna Maria Bigatti
16:34 Feature #958 (Resolved): New function: multiplicity and dim
@multiplicity@ and @dim@ are implemented in cocoa-5.
Bring them to cocoalib.
The names should be *@MultiplicityQu...
Anna Maria Bigatti
16:26 Bug #956: determinant: fails for 0x0 matrix (SEGV)
I am still puzzled about how best to handle the trivial cases (0x0 and 1x1 matrices).
The relevant code is only 2 ...
John Abbott
14:16 Bug #956 (Resolved): determinant: fails for 0x0 matrix (SEGV)
The problem was simply that the generic Bariess code failed (on the very last line) when given a 0x0 matrix.
I hav...
John Abbott
14:13 Bug #956 (Closed): determinant: fails for 0x0 matrix (SEGV)
The following triggers a SEGV:... John Abbott
15:58 Feature #955: RandomUnimodularMat - random unimodular matrix (of integers)
I have added a test (which revealed issue #956).
I would check in, but EduRoam is being more than usually obstructiv...
John Abbott
13:17 Feature #955 (Feedback): RandomUnimodularMat - random unimodular matrix (of integers)
Perhaps the function is not that widely usable, but it was handy for something I was doing, so I made it publicly ava... John Abbott
13:12 Feature #955 (Closed): RandomUnimodularMat - random unimodular matrix (of integers)
Write a new function which produces random unimodular matrices of integers. John Abbott
14:42 Feature #957 (Closed): New function: HasGBasis
How to know if the GBasis has already been computed? there is a member flag (myGBasisIsValid), but we should have a ... Anna Maria Bigatti
13:59 Feature #11: Bareiss algorithm
What is the status of this issue?
I believe the code is there (and presumably has been active for some time).
John Abbott
11:22 Design #311 (Feedback): XelMat, StdDegRevLexMat, ... should be MatrixView
It make sense for the ordering matrices to be over @ZZ@; for @IdentityMat@ it is useful to be able to specify the rin... John Abbott

26 Oct 2016

17:44 Support #953 (Closed): new file for old functions: obsolescent.C
In CoCoA-5 we have @obsolescent.cpkg5@, a package with all the functions declared obsolescent, for example if they ha... Anna Maria Bigatti

25 Oct 2016

23:03 Slug #952 (Closed): GCD very slow
While testing @IsSqFree@ I observed that CoCoALib is very slow at computing @gcd(f,f')@ where @f = (x^2+1)*(x^27-x)@ ... John Abbott
23:01 Feature #951 (Feedback): New function: IsSqFree
I have checked in code for the new fn *@IsSqFree@* (incl. tests and doc).
It is not complete:
* currently gives e...
John Abbott

24 Oct 2016

17:51 Feature #951 (In Progress): New function: IsSqFree
A function which tests whether a value is square-free is probably going to be quite similar to a function which deter... John Abbott
17:29 Feature #951: New function: IsSqFree
Currently there is a function called @IsRadical(PP)@ for a PPMonoidElem.
Should it be called @IsSquareFree@?
"A n...
Anna Maria Bigatti
17:19 Feature #951 (Closed): New function: IsSqFree
Write function IsSquareFree (or IsSqFr, or IsSqFree) for a RingElem Anna Maria Bigatti
17:14 Feature #796: CoCoALib function for radical (or SqFree) of a polynomial
I like the idea of a fn @IsSqFree@; it certainly could be faster than testing equality with the radical (and also cle... John Abbott
16:54 Feature #796: CoCoALib function for radical (or SqFree) of a polynomial
After spending some time thinking and writing, I realized that we would need a
@IsSqFree(f)@ which could be consider...
Anna Maria Bigatti
15:32 Feature #838: Differential algebra
After some more reading, it seems that the usual structure is @QQ(x_1, x_2, ..., x_n)[u1, u2,...]@ where the expressi... John Abbott

21 Oct 2016

14:24 Feature #947: IsRadical for ideal?
I think there could be problems with removing indets by giving them values: if there is an embedded 0-dim component t... John Abbott
14:14 Design #950 (In Progress): factor and SmoothFactor for integers --> FactorINT, FactorINT_TrialDiv, FactorINT_PollardRho
Does that mean that you are in favour of offering the user the choice between a fast (and probably correct) answer, o... John Abbott
07:46 Design #950: factor and SmoothFactor for integers --> FactorINT, FactorINT_TrialDiv, FactorINT_PollardRho
@ProbSmoothFactor@?
or @SmoothFactor(n)@ and @SmoothFactor(n, "NoProb")@?
Anna Maria Bigatti

20 Oct 2016

20:10 Design #950 (Closed): factor and SmoothFactor for integers --> FactorINT, FactorINT_TrialDiv, FactorINT_PollardRho
I can make @factor@ and @SmoothFactor@ for integers faster in some cases by calling @IsProbPrime@.
The risk is that ...
John Abbott
20:08 Feature #796 (Resolved): CoCoALib function for radical (or SqFree) of a polynomial
Checked in the code. Also two new tests @test-NumTheory6@ and @test-SparsePolyRing3@.
No documentation yet.
Name...
John Abbott
16:10 Feature #796: CoCoALib function for radical (or SqFree) of a polynomial
John Abbott wrote:
> Currently I have used *@radical@* in CoCoALib, and *@rad@* in CoCoA-5 (to avoid a clash with th...
Anna Maria Bigatti
15:44 Feature #796: CoCoALib function for radical (or SqFree) of a polynomial
Before checking in which name should I use?
Currently I have used *@radical@* in CoCoALib, and *@rad@* in CoCoA-5 ...
John Abbott
13:30 Feature #796 (In Progress): CoCoALib function for radical (or SqFree) of a polynomial
I have an implementation in CoCoALib. It took so long because of a "mysterious bug" in @ContentFreeFactor@.
My cu...
John Abbott
16:32 Feature #838 (In Progress): Differential algebra
The ctor args for a @DifferentialAlgebra@ are the following:
* *@n@* number of "independent variables"
* *@k@* numb...
John Abbott

19 Oct 2016

10:26 Feature #440: Port RealRoots to C++
Some of Erika's people would like this to be in CoCoALib sooner rather than later!
John Abbott

18 Oct 2016

17:49 Feature #949 (New): New function: IdealWithIncrementalGBasis(I, f)
(from SC^2)
We could (easily?) implement a function doing an incremental GBasis: if I has GBasis GB, and we add a po...
Anna Maria Bigatti
16:06 Feature #947: IsRadical for ideal?
John Abbott wrote:
> I wonder if a probabilistic approach could work. If the ideal is 0-dim, the speed is adequate....
Anna Maria Bigatti
16:02 Feature #947: IsRadical for ideal?
I wonder if a probabilistic approach could work. If the ideal is 0-dim, the speed is adequate. If not, perhaps we c... John Abbott
15:51 Feature #947 (In Progress): IsRadical for ideal?
The crude idea was just to run the usual code for computing the radical, and if at some point we determine with certa... John Abbott
15:19 Feature #947: IsRadical for ideal?
Apart from 0-dim (already implemented), and monomial, how can you determine it?
Anna Maria Bigatti
15:03 Feature #947: IsRadical for ideal?
There is now "IsRadical" for 0-dimensional ideals. (and it's in our paper in progress ;-)
I've just realized I forg...
Anna Maria Bigatti
14:56 Feature #947 (In Progress): IsRadical for ideal?
Werner and Mario ask whether it could make sense to have an @IsRadical@ function for ideals; can this be determined s... John Abbott
15:12 Feature #796: CoCoALib function for radical (or SqFree) of a polynomial
This would be quite useful. For the time being should we just add... Anna Maria Bigatti

13 Oct 2016

11:31 Support #944: Release: CoCoALib-0.99550 (together with CoCoA-5.2.0)
Thanks John! Now we have only the "16bytes"... Anna Maria Bigatti

12 Oct 2016

18:08 Support #944: Release: CoCoALib-0.99550 (together with CoCoA-5.2.0)
I'll do @test-OrderedRing2@.... there is a leak in twinfloat.
I know where it is; now I just have to find a nice way...
John Abbott
18:02 Support #944: Release: CoCoALib-0.99550 (together with CoCoA-5.2.0)
Anna Maria Bigatti wrote:
> First run of valgrind (I had to reinstall valgrind on my mac...)
> [...]
The "16-byt...
Anna Maria Bigatti
17:49 Support #944: Release: CoCoALib-0.99550 (together with CoCoA-5.2.0)
First run of valgrind (I had to reinstall valgrind on my mac...)... Anna Maria Bigatti
16:10 Support #944 (In Progress): Release: CoCoALib-0.99550 (together with CoCoA-5.2.0)
Anna Maria Bigatti
16:06 Support #944: Release: CoCoALib-0.99550 (together with CoCoA-5.2.0)
John Abbott wrote:
> Add also to check whether the CoCoA-5 tests pass with @BackwardCompatible.cpkg5@
OK, moved i...
Anna Maria Bigatti
15:42 Support #944: Release: CoCoALib-0.99550 (together with CoCoA-5.2.0)
Add also to check whether the CoCoA-5 tests pass with @BackwardCompatible.cpkg5@
John Abbott
15:04 Support #944 (Closed): Release: CoCoALib-0.99550 (together with CoCoA-5.2.0)
Everything related to making a CoCoALib release:
# Redmine Roadmap: close or postpone issue
# Redmine Release iss...
Anna Maria Bigatti

10 Oct 2016

21:20 Support #942: Which names to use? Intersection/saturation vs intersect/saturate
I have put this issue under CoCoALib, but it is just as relevant to CoCoA-5.
In general my personal preference is ...
John Abbott
21:18 Support #942 (In Progress): Which names to use? Intersection/saturation vs intersect/saturate
I notice that we have the following 2 names for functions: *@intersection@* and *@saturate@*.
In CoCoA-3 and CoCoA...
John Abbott

08 Oct 2016

22:24 Feature #910: BigRat: read from a string in "decimal" format?
Unfortunately the code for reading "decimal numbers" appears twice: once in *@operator>>@* for @BigRat@ and once agai... John Abbott
22:10 Bug #936 (Feedback): ReadExpr: cannot handle exponent which is not integer literal
I have now implemented the following:
after @^@ there may be an unsigned integer literal or @(@ optional-sign unsign...
John Abbott
21:55 Bug #938 (Feedback): ReadExpr: misreads 2/3^4
I have fixed it now, and added a new @test-RingElem5@ for the function @ReadExpr@ (for rational numbers).
Trickier...
John Abbott

07 Oct 2016

15:15 Bug #938 (In Progress): ReadExpr: misreads 2/3^4
I see no choice but to make @2/3^4@ read as an expression @div(2, power(3,4))@, and this implies that all rationals e... John Abbott

06 Oct 2016

11:38 Bug #938: ReadExpr: misreads 2/3^4
It is a slightly subtle bug: at first sight it seems reasonable that @<constant>^<integer>@ should yield the obvious ... John Abbott
11:37 Bug #938 (Closed): ReadExpr: misreads 2/3^4
After my change to @ReadExpr@ so that it can read rational numbers, the fn now misreads @"2/3^4"@ and produces 16/81 ... John Abbott
08:30 Feature #937 (In Progress): LinDepMill: Mill for linear dependencies
Currently in MinPoly.C there is a class IncrLinDep.
It is small and neat: I think this is the perfect paradigm for a...
Anna Maria Bigatti
07:47 Bug #936: ReadExpr: cannot handle exponent which is not integer literal
John Abbott wrote:
> What exactly do we want to allow in the exponents?
> The simplest solution would be to allow e...
Anna Maria Bigatti

05 Oct 2016

17:12 Bug #936: ReadExpr: cannot handle exponent which is not integer literal
The relevant source is around line 100 of @RingElemInput.C@
John Abbott
17:12 Bug #936: ReadExpr: cannot handle exponent which is not integer literal
What exactly do we want to allow in the exponents?
The simplest solution would be to allow either an integer liter...
John Abbott
17:08 Bug #936 (Closed): ReadExpr: cannot handle exponent which is not integer literal
The fn @ReadExpr@ fails if input contains an exponent which is not an integer literal: for instance... John Abbott
16:40 Feature #910: BigRat: read from a string in "decimal" format?
I'm not sure how related this is: a twin-float value can be printed out with a trailing @<dot>@ if the value is very ... John Abbott
 

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