currently, the power list has to be computed each time a polynomial is created with make-fpoly. This is a waste of effort since we do not perform any destructive operations on these, we could pre-compute a table of power lists for e.g. nvars <= 5 and degree <= 20. making a new fpoly would then simply involve setting the powers slot to the appropriate precomputed list, rather than having to cons up a new one.
fjames86
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11 years ago
currently, the power list has to be computed each time a polynomial is created with make-fpoly. This is a waste of effort since we do not perform any destructive operations on these, we could pre-compute a table of power lists for e.g. nvars <= 5 and degree <= 20. making a new fpoly would then simply involve setting the powers slot to the appropriate precomputed list, rather than having to cons up a new one.