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WIP: Add support for sparse multivariate polynomials #25

Closed daviddelaat closed 10 years ago

daviddelaat commented 10 years ago

This adds support for sparse multivariate polynomials. (As multivariate polynomials tend to be sparse I think that dense univariate and sparse multivariate are the most important types for polynomials)

I'm not sure if there is interest in this functionality for this package, but I think it could be a good fit. I could also make a separate SpareMultiPol.jl package if that is preferred.

The idea here would be that for instance the addition of two dense univariate polynomials with different variables would yield a sparse multivariate polynomial (not implemented).

Documentation is still missing but see test/testmpol.jl for some examples.

daviddelaat commented 10 years ago

For now I've created a new package for multivariate polynomials, so that I can experiment with the design a bit more. I've tried to use the same naming conventions as Polynomial.jl so that it will feel natural to use both package side by side, and for a possible future merger. Package url: https://github.com/daviddelaat/MultiPoly.jl I'll close this issue for now.

vtjnash commented 10 years ago

I wasn't trying to ignore you, but your pull request caused renewed interest in fixing #5 first

daviddelaat commented 10 years ago

No problem. I've put the multivariate code in a separate package so that I can experiment with the API a bit. When it stabilizes I'll do another pull request. Issue #5 indeed seems very important for this.