On 4/22/07, Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso <> wrote: > I haven't worked in number theory since I did a small summer project > as an undergrad. I did that project with LiDIA back then, and I > remember enjoying it: > > http://www.cdc.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/TI/LiDIA/ > > LiDIA right now is abandoned upstream. I'm curious to know if you > think it could be worthwhile to resurrect it. You might not like that > it's in C++, since it looks like you prefer to code in Python. ;-) > However, I understand that at some point LiDIA had the best algorithms > for elliptic curves available anywhere, whether in free or proprietary > software. > My request: have a look at LiDIA and let me know if you think it still > provides functionality that other free software (e.g. Pari) doesn't > give us. My sole contribution towards saving it would be to package it > for Debian. Never mind the license information you see on the page... > it's outdated, and the authors have already agreed to GPL it.
That's good news. I was about to write that LiDIA is worthless to me until it is GPL'd, but if it will be GPL'd then it could be very valuable. When will this GPL'ing officially happen? If it is officially released on the GPL, it will be worth carefully looking through it and seeing if it has any algorithms implemented that are better than what is available in PARI, NTL, etc. So, basically, my answer is that I would like to see an official GPL release of LiDIA from the authors before answering your question. William --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
