[GiNaC-list] (no subject) has to be: avoid expansion in matrix operations

[Richard B. Kreckel]

Sheplyakov Alexei wrote:

>You can try this silly patch:
>
>Index: ginac/matrix.cpp
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /home/cvs/GiNaC/ginac/matrix.cpp,v
>retrieving revision 1.99.2.5
>diff -u -r1.99.2.5 matrix.cpp
>--- ginac/matrix.cpp	19 Oct 2005 21:21:56 -0000	1.99.2.5
>+++ ginac/matrix.cpp	8 Mar 2006 18:51:06 -0000
>@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@
> 			if (m[r1*col+c].is_zero())
> 				continue;
> 			for (unsigned r2=0; r2<other.cols(); ++r2)
>-				prod[r1*other.col+r2] += (m[r1*col+c] * other.m[c*other.col+r2]).expand();
>+				prod[r1*other.col+r2] += (m[r1*col+c] * other.m[c*other.col+r2]);
> 		}
> 	}
> 	return matrix(row, other.col, prod);
>  
>

I think the expansion was unintentional and I have applied this patch to 
the trunk.  Thanks.

In matrix operations, in particularl in the elimination algorithms, one 
frequently needs to try a bit harder than if (foo.is_zero())... to test 
for zeros.  One also needs to take some care to avoid excessively long 
terms to build up.  For the elements of a matrix product, I see no need 
for the former, but I do see need for the latter.  For instance, 
consider evalm([[(a+b),0],[0,(c+d)]]^666); in ginsh notation.

Cheers
  -richy.

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Richard B. Kreckel
<http://www.ginac.de/~kreckel/>