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625 loops, best of 3: 48.3 µs per loop }}} * New {{{fast_float}}} supports more datatypes with improved performance (Carl Witty) -- A rewrite of {{{fast_float}}} to support multiple types. Here, we get accelerated evaluation over {{{RealField(k)}}} as well as {{{RDF}}}, real double field. As compared with the previous {{{fast_float}}}, improved performance can range from 2% faster to more than 2x as fast. An extended list of benchmark details is available at [[http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/5093|ticket 5093]]. |
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| * Speed-up in calculating determinants of matrices (John H. Palmieri, William Stein) -- For matrices over {{{Z/nZ}}} with {{{n}}} composite, calculating their determinants is now up to 1.5% faster. On the machine sage.math, one can see the following improvement in computation time: {{{ # BEFORE sage: mat = random_matrix(Integers(256), 30) sage: timeit("Integers(256)(mat.lift().det())") 25 loops, best of 3: 9.53 ms per loop sage: sage: mat = random_matrix(Integers(256), 200) sage: timeit("Integers(256)(mat.lift().det())") 5 loops, best of 3: 779 ms per loop sage: sage: mat = random_matrix(Integers(2^20), 500) sage: timeit("Integers(256)(mat.lift().det())") 5 loops, best of 3: 13.5 s per loop # AFTER sage: mat = random_matrix(Integers(256), 30) sage: timeit("Integers(256)(mat.lift().det())") 25 loops, best of 3: 10 ms per loop sage: sage: mat = random_matrix(Integers(256), 200) sage: timeit("Integers(256)(mat.lift().det())") 5 loops, best of 3: 762 ms per loop sage: sage: mat = random_matrix(Integers(2^20), 500) sage: timeit("Integers(256)(mat.lift().det())") 5 loops, best of 3: 13.3 s per loop |
* Speed-up in calculating determinants of matrices (John H. Palmieri, William Stein) -- For matrices over {{{Z/nZ}}} with {{{n}}} composite, calculating their determinants is now up to 1500x faster. On Debian 5.0 Lenny with kernel 2.6.24-1-686, an Intel(R) Celeron(R) 2.00GHz CPU with 1.0GB of RAM, one has the following timing statistics: {{{ # BEFORE sage: time random_matrix(Integers(26), 10).determinant() CPU times: user 15.52 s, sys: 0.02 s, total: 15.54 s Wall time: 15.54 s 13 sage: time random_matrix(Integers(256), 10).determinant() CPU times: user 15.38 s, sys: 0.00 s, total: 15.38 s Wall time: 15.38 s 144 # AFTER sage: time random_matrix(Integers(26), 10).determinant() CPU times: user 0.01 s, sys: 0.00 s, total: 0.01 s Wall time: 0.01 s 23 sage: time random_matrix(Integers(256), 10).determinant() CPU times: user 0.00 s, sys: 0.00 s, total: 0.00 s Wall time: 0.00 s |
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Sage 3.4.1 Release Tour
Sage 3.4.1 was released on FIXME. For the official, comprehensive release note, please refer to sage-3.4.1.txt. A nicely formatted version of this release tour can be found at FIXME. The following points are some of the foci of this release:
- Merging improvements during the Sage Days 13 coding sprint.
- Other bug fixes post Sage 3.4.
Algebra
- FIXME: summarize ticket #5535.
Speed-up in irreducibility test (Ryan Hinton) -- For polynomials over the finite field GF(2), the test for irreducibility is now up to 40,000 times faster than previously. On a 64-bit Debian/squeeze machine with Core 2 Duo running at 2.33 GHz, one has the following timing improvements:
# BEFORE sage: P.<x> = GF(2)[] sage: f = P.random_element(1000) sage: %timeit f.is_irreducible() 10 loops, best of 3: 948 ms per loop sage: sage: f = P.random_element(10000) sage: %time f.is_irreducible() # gave up because it took minutes! # AFTER sage: P.<x> = GF(2)[] sage: f = P.random_element(1000) sage: %timeit f.is_irreducible() 10000 loops, best of 3: 22.7 µs per loop sage: sage: f = P.random_element(10000) sage: %timeit f.is_irreducible() 1000 loops, best of 3: 394 µs per loop sage: sage: f = P.random_element(100000) sage: %timeit f.is_irreducible() 100 loops, best of 3: 10.4 ms per loop
Furthermore, on Debian 5.0 Lenny with kernel 2.6.24-1-686, an Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU running at 2.00GHz with 1.0GB of RAM, one has the following timing statistics:
# BEFORE sage: P.<x> = GF(2)[] sage: f = P.random_element(1000) sage: %timeit f.is_irreducible() 10 loops, best of 3: 1.14 s per loop sage: sage: f = P.random_element(10000) sage: %time f.is_irreducible() CPU times: user 4972.13 s, sys: 2.83 s, total: 4974.95 s Wall time: 5043.02 s False # AFTER sage: P.<x> = GF(2)[] sage: f = P.random_element(1000) sage: %timeit f.is_irreducible() 10000 loops, best of 3: 40.7 µs per loop sage: sage: f = P.random_element(10000) sage: %timeit f.is_irreducible() 1000 loops, best of 3: 930 µs per loop sage: sage: sage: f = P.random_element(100000) sage: %timeit f.is_irreducible() 10 loops, best of 3: 27.6 ms per loop
Algebraic Geometry
Basic Arithmetic
- Speed-up in dividing a polynomial by an integer (Burcin Erocal) -- Dividing a polynomial by an integer is now up to 6x faster than previously. On Debian 5.0 Lenny with kernel 2.6.24-1-686, an Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU running at 2.00GHz with 1.0GB of RAM, one has the following timing statistics:
# BEFORE sage: R.<x> = ZZ["x"] sage: f = 389 * R.random_element(1000) sage: timeit("f//389") 625 loops, best of 3: 312 µs per loop # AFTER sage: R.<x> = ZZ["x"] sage: f = 389 * R.random_element(1000) sage: timeit("f//389") 625 loops, best of 3: 48.3 µs per loop New fast_float supports more datatypes with improved performance (Carl Witty) -- A rewrite of fast_float to support multiple types. Here, we get accelerated evaluation over RealField(k) as well as RDF, real double field. As compared with the previous fast_float, improved performance can range from 2% faster to more than 2x as fast. An extended list of benchmark details is available at ticket 5093.
Build
Calculus
- Deprecate the calling of symbolic functions with unnamed arguments (Carl Witty, Michael Abshoff) -- Previous releases of Sage supported symbolic functions with "no arguments". This style of constructing symbolic functions is now deprecated. For example, previously Sage allowed for defining a symbolic function in the following way
f2 = 5 - x^2 # bad; this is deprecated
But users are encouraged to explicitly declare the variables used in a symolic function. For instance, the following is encouraged:sage: x,y = var("x, y") # explicitly declare your variables sage: f(x, y) = x^2 + y^2 # this syntax is encouraged
Coercion
Combinatorics
- FIXME: summarize #5200
Commutative Algebra
New function weil_restriction() on multivariate ideals (Martin Albrecht) -- The new function weil_restriction() computes the Weil restriction of a multivariate ideal over some extension field. A Weil restriction is also known as a restriction of scalars. Here's an example on computing a Weil restriction:
sage: k.<a> = GF(2^2) sage: P.<x,y> = PolynomialRing(k, 2) sage: I = Ideal([x*y + 1, a*x + 1]) sage: I.variety() [{y: a, x: a + 1}] sage: J = I.weil_restriction() sage: J Ideal (x1*y0 + x0*y1 + x1*y1, x0*y0 + x1*y1 + 1, x0 + x1, x1 + 1) of Multivariate Polynomial Ring in x0, x1, y0, y1 over Finite Field of size 2- FIXME: summarize #5146
- FIXME: summarize #5353
Distribution
Doctest
Documentation
Geometry
Graph Theory
Graphics
Group Theory
- Speed-up in comparing elements of a permutation group (Robert Bradshaw, John H. Palmieri, Rob Beezer) -- For elements of a permutation group, comparison between those elements is now up to 13x faster. On Mac OS X 10.4 with Intel Core 2 duo running at 2.33 GHz, one has the following improvement in timing statistics:
# BEFORE sage: a = SymmetricGroup(20).random_element() sage: b = SymmetricGroup(10).random_element() sage: timeit("a == b") 625 loops, best of 3: 3.19 µs per loop # AFTER sage: a = SymmetricGroup(20).random_element() sage: b = SymmetricGroup(10).random_element() sage: time v = [a == b for _ in xrange(2000)] CPU times: user 0.00 s, sys: 0.00 s, total: 0.00 s Wall time: 0.00 s sage: timeit("a == b") 625 loops, best of 3: 240 ns per loop
Interfaces
Linear Algebra
Deprecate the function invert() (John H. Palmieri) -- The function invert() for calculating the inverse of a dense matrix with rational entries is now deprecated. Instead, users are now advised to use the function inverse(). Here's an example of using the function inverse():
sage: a = matrix(QQ, 2, [1, 5, 17, 3]) sage: a.inverse() [-3/82 5/82] [17/82 -1/82]
Speed-up in calculating determinants of matrices (John H. Palmieri, William Stein) -- For matrices over Z/nZ with n composite, calculating their determinants is now up to 1500x faster. On Debian 5.0 Lenny with kernel 2.6.24-1-686, an Intel(R) Celeron(R) 2.00GHz CPU with 1.0GB of RAM, one has the following timing statistics:
# BEFORE sage: time random_matrix(Integers(26), 10).determinant() CPU times: user 15.52 s, sys: 0.02 s, total: 15.54 s Wall time: 15.54 s 13 sage: time random_matrix(Integers(256), 10).determinant() CPU times: user 15.38 s, sys: 0.00 s, total: 15.38 s Wall time: 15.38 s 144 # AFTER sage: time random_matrix(Integers(26), 10).determinant() CPU times: user 0.01 s, sys: 0.00 s, total: 0.01 s Wall time: 0.01 s 23 sage: time random_matrix(Integers(256), 10).determinant() CPU times: user 0.00 s, sys: 0.00 s, total: 0.00 s Wall time: 0.00 s
Miscellaneous
Modular Forms
Notebook
Number Theory
- FIXME: summarize #5518
- FIXME: summarize #5508
Numerical
Optional Packages
Packages
- FIXME: summarize #4987
Quadratic Forms
Symbolics
User Interface