William,

I used GF(101), GF(1009), and GF(1000099).

Jeff


On Feb 14, 5:21 pm, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Jeff Stroomer <jstroom...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Everyone,
>
> > I'm wondering if there's an easy way to count the number of operations
> > performed when row-reducing a matrix, and also when reducing
> > polynomials using elements of a Groebner basis.  Here are the details.
>
> > I am comparing the run times of a couple algorithms for  computing
> > zero-dimensional Groebner bases.  One  row-reduces a matrix using the
> > matrix echelon_form() method, and the other reduces polynomials with
> > respect to Groebner bases using the reduce() method.
>
> > I expected the matrix row-reduction algorithm to be faster, and when
> > the underlying field is Q this is what I see.  But over finite fields
> > it's turning out that the Groebner basis reductions are faster, and
> > I'd like to figure out why.  Obviously I could write and instrument my
> > own versions  of echelon_form() and reduce(), but before I do that I'd
> > like to know whether there's an easier way.
>
> Which finite field are you computing echelon forms over?
>
> William
>
>
>
> > Thanks in advance for the help,
>
> > Jeff Stroomer
>
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