X-Git-Url: https://www.ginac.de/ginac.git//ginac.git?p=ginac.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=68fd8547f68ecd53846252bd34b9ee4f46e8419f;hp=670e63326a3c2f5c9344c081195e6d6e46cbeada;hb=5f896fa7f59bbce727e4bba23df9c4bbdbb55c29;hpb=6f8e33fb3604e30db5a67684ddf8bde6997efd0c diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 670e6332..68fd8547 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,10 +1,160 @@ This file records noteworthy changes. +1.5.0 (17 February 2009) +* Added polynomial factorization. +* New, faster (recursive descent) expression parser. +* Faster GCD computation. +* gcd() now allows the user to override (some of the) heuristics. +* Writing extensions classes is simpler now: + - Replaced custom RTTI by standard C++ RTTI. + - Definition of archiving methods now optional when declaring a new GiNaC class. +* Fixed recursion in polynomial divide that caused a significant slowdown in + sqrfree(). +* Improved lsolve() of systems containing non-numeric coefficients. +* Removed implicit conversions from cl_N to numeric. +* Improved configuration and compatibility. + +1.4.4 (7 Nov 2008) +* Fixed a bug in the multiple polylogarithms Li/G that caused imaginary parts + of the arguments to be ignored. +* Fixed archiving of complex numbers. +* Made the behaviour of class function more consistent with respect to + ncmul::eval(). +* Fixed bug in power::is_polynomial. +* Improved heur_gcd() so it can handle rational polynomials. +* Improved build scripts. + +1.4.3 (04 April 2008) +* Fixed bug in numerical evaluation of multiple polylogarithms and + alternating multiple zeta values introduced in version 1.4.2. +* Nielsen polylog now invalidates its lookup tables in case the precision + (Digits) has been changed. +* Added new checks for recent bugs in the numerical evaluation of Li and zeta. + +1.4.2 (03 April 2008) +* Fixed VPATH building of documentation. +* Fixed bug in numerical evaluation of multiple polylogarithms for arguments + equal to certain roots of unity (thanks to Jianqiang Zhao). +* Fixed check for memory leakage in parser. +* Made internal function coerce() standard compliant. +* Improved lsolve() of systems containing non-numeric coefficients. +* Improved automatic test programs. Now they work on MinGW and Cygwin as well. + +1.4.1 (21 November 2007) +* Fixed memory leak in ginac_yylex(). +* Fixed memory leaks in mul::eval() and power::eval(). +* Fixed macro checking for version of libreadline (Mac OS X). +* Fixed broken preprocessor instruction in excompiler.cpp. +* Fixed broken module loading in excompiler.cpp. +* info(info_flags::has_indices) now works for sums and products. +* Improved mul::expand(). +* Improved CLN output. + +1.4.0 (31 August 2007) +* New tinfo mechanism. +* Removed rtt from class symbol. +* Faster archiving by adding a map from strings to indices in the atoms vector. +* Improved unarchiving: algorithms order N instead of order N^2. +* Added compile function, excompiler class. +* Added exset type. +* Added step function to GiNaCs built-in functions. +* Added is_polynomial() method. +* Added real_part() and imag_part() methods. +* Added matrix::is_zero_matrix() method. +* Added evalm() method to pseries class. +* Improved dummy index renaming. +* Many improvements for class clifford. +* New flag for positive symbols/numbers, added possymbol class. +* Added programming examples in doc/examples + +1.3.8 (28 August 2007) +* Drop support of ginac-config and ginac.m4. Please use pkg-config instead. +* atan2(y,x) branch cut correction. +* Fixed bug in series expansion. +* Additional transformations for mul and power. +* Clifford units now honor representation labels. +* Correct csrc output for idx and fderivative. +* Improved handling of convergence transformationis for Li/G. +* Fix compilation issues with prereleases of GCC 4.3. +* info_flags::expanded added. +* input_parser also accepts pow(). +* texinfo.tex removed from package. + +1.3.7 (05 February 2007) +* Fixed bug in expansion of power. +* Fixed bugs in functions S() (infinite loop), H() and zeta() (wrong results). +* Rebuilt bison related files with bison version 2.3 (fixes parse error bugs). +* Improved power::eval(). +* Improved libreadline detection. + +1.3.6 (13 December 2006) +* Better worst case behavior in heuristic gcd. +* Improved collecting for sparse multivariate polynomials. +* Improved collect_common_factors. +* Fixed bug in numerical evaluation of multiple polylogs. +* Fixed numerical integration of complex functions. +* Fixed bug in tensor::replace_contr_index(). + +1.3.5 (17 August 2006) +* Re-built bison related files that caused bugs with gcc 4. +* Fixed bugs in fderivative::match_same_type(), expairseq::match(), + expand_dummy_sum(), and expairseq::map(). +* Fixed template specialization for class container to be gcc 4.2 compliant. +* Output in csrc mode is now -x instead of -1.0*x. +* Fixed tutorial and reference generation in html/pdf/ps format. +* Modified autotool configuration to allow for compilation on MinGW. +* Debian packaging files updated. + +1.3.4 (12 April 2006) +* More general index dimensions are now possible. +* Improved algebraic substitutions. +* Fixed wrong matching in .has(). +* Fixed bug in differentiation of a power. +* collect_common_factors also works with negative powers of common factors now. +* Code clean-up and preparations for upcoming cln 1.2. + +1.3.3 (24 October 2005) +* Fixed bug occuring in algebraic substitutions with expressions involving + indices. +* Fixed bug that selected the wrong algorithm for determinants of purely + numeric matrices with at least one floating point element. +* Fixed bug in function H that caused an infinite recursion for arguments + around +-I. +* Fixed const-correctness in printing handler for GCC 4.0.2. +* Made lookup in adaptivesimpson precision-aware. +* Added series expansion for functions (classical) Li and S around x==0. +* Added fsolve() numerical univariate real-valued function solver. +* Added functions sub_matrix() and reduced_matrix(). +* Small cleanups. Less warnings with latest GCC. + +1.3.2 (10 July 2005) +* GCD avoids to produce expanded expressions. +* Fixed bug in expanding expressions containing dummy indices. +* Fixed static initialization order bug. +* collect_common_factors now works with powers. +* Modernized configuration scripts. + +1.3.1 (04 May 2005) +* integral() and eval_integ() can be used from ginsh. +* Integrals can be series-expanded. +* Fixed a library initialization problem. +* GiNaC compiles from tarball even if lex/flex is missing. +* Fixed bugs in canonicalize_clifford(), clifford_prime() and clifford_to_lst(). +* clifford_moebius_map(), remove_dirac_ONE() and LaTeX output of Clifford + objects now care about representation labels. +* Fixed bug in gcd. +* Better output for slashed expressions + 1.3.0 (19 October 2004) -* Clifford algebra has been generalized (V. Kisil). -* Symbolic integration class added (C. Dams). -* The multiple polylogarithm Li now evaluates numerically for arbitrary arguments. -* New function G added (another notation for a multiple polylogarithm). +* The Clifford classes have been generalized to allow working with Clifford + algebras generated by arbitrary symmetric tensors or matrices. Also, a lot + of new functions for Clifford algebras have been added, including + automorphisms and Moebius transformations. [V. Kisil] +* Added some basic symbolic and numeric integration facilities. [C. Dams] +* The multiple polylogarithm Li() now evaluates numerically for arbitrary + arguments. +* New functions G(a,y) and G(a,s,y) added (another notation for multiple + polylogarithms). 1.2.4 (12 October 2004) * Added ex::unitcontprim() to compute the unit, content, and primitive parts