Hi. I'm continuing to look at Cython. I've added a wiki page. https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/Optimising-SymPy-using-Cython----GSoC-Proposal,-Ben-McDonald
Ben M On Mar 24, 1:10 pm, "Aaron S. Meurer" <asmeu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, maybe you could look at cythonizing the logic code (ilke the SAT > solver). Another idea that comes to mind is the matrices. The other really > big main part aside from the core is the polys, but Mateusz has already been > working on cythonizing the core of that. Maybe you could see what he has > done and if more could be done (see the @cythonized decorators in some of the > files in sympy/polys/). > > Aaron Meurer > > On Mar 23, 2011, at 5:44 PM, Ronan Lamy wrote: > > > > > > > > > Le mercredi 23 mars 2011 à 16:09 -0700, Friedman a écrit : > >> Thanks for the link Aaron. > > >> What other parts of SymPy could be optimised without working on > >> deprecated code? I could try to produce a dependence graph to find the > >> most referenced modules. > > >> I read in that thread that removing the old assumptions could be a > >> challenging project. What skills does it rely on? Is it more > >> mathematics or software engineering? I have more experience in the > >> later doing a Comp. Sc. degree (encapsulation, modularity, OO design > >> patterns). > > > I think it's mostly software engineering (refactoring, interface > > design, ...) with a side dish of hardcore CS/AI topics (knowledge base > > maintenance and indexing, inductive reasoning, ...) We probably also > > need to implement simplification of boolean expressions. > > >> On Mar 24, 7:56 am, "Aaron S. Meurer" <asmeu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> You might read through this thread from a few days > >>> agohttp://groups.google.com/group/sympy/browse_thread/thread/18f0197965e.... > >>> Note that there might be a problem with the Cythonizing the core > >>> because we still need to remove the old assumptions (this would itself be > >>> a whole GSoC project). > > >>> However, if you are still interested in Cython, you might look at > >>> cythonizing other core parts of SymPy. > > >>> Aaron Meurer > > >>> On Mar 23, 2011, at 5:20 AM, Friedman wrote: > > >>>> Hello SymPy people, > > >>>> I’m a Computer Science student currently completing my Master’s thesis > >>>> at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. > > >>>> I am looking to participate in gsoc this year. I would like to > >>>> contribute to sympy because I have both an interest in mathematics and > >>>> Python. Python is currently my language of choice. I use Python in my > >>>> studies and I also tutor Python in undergraduate classes. > > >>>> I’m considering the Cython project to optimise the core. I used Cython > >>>> in Master’s project to optimise processor/memory intensive methods. > >>>> With Cython I increase the performance of my code while leaving the > >>>> original Python code unchanged by adding Cython headers (.pyx) to > >>>> modules to convert the Python into C++. It would be very interesting > >>>> to be involved in doing the same to sympy. > > >>>> Currently looking through the discussion topics to see what would be > >>>> required of the Cython project. Just wanted to express my interest in > >>>> this project at this moment. > > >>>> Ben M. > > >>>> -- > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>> Groups "sympy" group. > >>>> To post to this group, send email to sympy@googlegroups.com. > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>>> sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >>>> For more options, visit this group > >>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "sympy" group. > > To post to this group, send email to sympy@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To post to this group, send email to sympy@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en.
