improving solve



maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote on 12/17/2007 09:49:05 AM:

> On Dec 17, 2007 7:08 AM, Andrej Vodopivec <andrej.vodopivec at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> I propose that algsys uses poly_reduced_grobner on equations before 
> looking for a solution
> 
> There are very simple cases where grobner is many orders of 
> magnitude slower than the current algsys, to the point of making it 
> impractical: 
> 
>    eqs: [a*y^2+x^2-1,y^2+a*x^2-1]$
>    algsys(eqs,[x,y]) => result in 0.10 sec
>    poly_reduced_grobner(eq,[x,y]) => no result after 20 minutes

But poly_reduced_grobner(eqs,[a,x,y]) is essentially instantaneous. 
Is the slowness of poly_reduced_grobner(eqs,[x,y]) due to a bug?

Barton