libSingular: Options
Singular uses a set of global options to determine verbosity and the behavior of certain algorithms. We provide an interface to these options in the most ‘natural’ python-ic way. Users who do not wish to deal with Singular functions directly usually do not have to worry about this interface or Singular options in general since this is taken care of by higher level functions.
We compute a Groebner basis for Cyclic-5 in two different contexts:
sage: P.<a,b,c,d,e> = PolynomialRing(GF(127))
sage: I = sage.rings.ideal.Cyclic(P)
sage: std = sage.libs.singular.ff.std
By default, tail reductions are performed:
sage: from sage.libs.singular.option import opt, opt_ctx
sage: opt['red_tail']
True
sage: std(I)[-1]
d^2*e^6 + 28*b*c*d + ...
If we don’t want this, we can create an option context, which disables this:
sage: with opt_ctx(red_tail=False, red_sb=False):
... std(I)[-1]
d^2*e^6 + 8*c^3 + ...
However, this does not affect the global state:
sage: opt['red_tail']
True
On the other hand, any assignment to an option object will immediately change the global state:
sage: opt['red_tail'] = False
sage: opt['red_tail']
False
sage: opt['red_tail'] = True
sage: opt['red_tail']
True
Assigning values within an option context, only affects this context:
sage: with opt_ctx:
... opt['red_tail'] = False
sage: opt['red_tail']
True
Option contexts can also be safely stacked:
sage: with opt_ctx:
... opt['red_tail'] = False
... print opt
... with opt_ctx:
... opt['red_through'] = False
... print opt
...
general options for libSingular (current value 0x00000082)
general options for libSingular (current value 0x00000002)
sage: print opt
general options for libSingular (current value 0x02000082)
Furthermore, the integer valued options deg_bound and mult_bound can be used:
sage: R.<x,y> = QQ[]
sage: I = R*[x^3+y^2,x^2*y+1]
sage: opt['deg_bound'] = 2
sage: std(I)
[x^2*y + 1, x^3 + y^2]
sage: opt['deg_bound'] = 0
sage: std(I)
[y^3 - x, x^2*y + 1, x^3 + y^2]
The same interface is available for verbosity options:
sage: from sage.libs.singular.option import opt_verb
sage: opt_verb['not_warn_sb']
False
sage: opt.reset_default() # needed to avoid side effects
sage: opt_verb.reset_default() # needed to avoid side effects
AUTHOR:
Bases: sage.libs.singular.option.LibSingularOptions_abstract
Pythonic Interface to libSingular’s options.
Supported options are:
- return_sb or returnSB - the functions syz, intersect, quotient, modulo return a standard base instead of a generating set if return_sb is set. This option should not be used for lift.
- fast_hc or fastHC - tries to find the highest corner of the staircase (HC) as fast as possible during a standard basis computation (only used for local orderings).
- int_strategy or intStrategy - avoids division of coefficients during standard basis computations. This option is ring dependent. By default, it is set for rings with characteristic 0 and not set for all other rings.
- lazy - uses a more lazy approach in std computations, which was used in SINGULAR version before 2-0 (and which may lead to faster or slower computations, depending on the example).
- length - select shorter reducers in std computations.
- not_regularity or notRegularity - disables the regularity bound for res and mres.
- not_sugar or notSugar - disables the sugar strategy during standard basis computation.
- not_buckets or notBuckets - disables the bucket representation of polynomials during standard basis computations. This option usually decreases the memory usage but increases the computation time. It should only be set for memory-critical standard basis computations.
- old_std or oldStd - uses a more lazy approach in std computations, which was used in SINGULAR version before 2-0 (and which may lead to faster or slower computations, depending on the example).
- prot - shows protocol information indicating the progress during the following computations: facstd, fglm, groebner, lres, mres, minres, mstd, res, slimgb, sres, std, stdfglm, stdhilb, syz.
or redSB - computes a reduced standard basis in any standard basis computation.
- red_tail or redTail - reduction of the tails of polynomials during standard basis computations. This option is ring dependent. By default, it is set for rings with global degree orderings and not set for all other rings.
- red_through or redThrough - for inhomogenous input, polynomial reductions during standard basis computations are never postponed, but always finished through. This option is ring dependent. By default, it is set for rings with global degree orderings and not set for all other rings.
- sugar_crit or sugarCrit - uses criteria similar to the homogeneous case to keep more useless pairs.
- weight_m or weightM - automatically computes suitable weights for the weighted ecart and the weighted sugar method.
In addition, two integer valued parameters are supported, namely:
EXAMPLE:
sage: from sage.libs.singular.option import LibSingularOptions
sage: libsingular_options = LibSingularOptions()
sage: libsingular_options
general options for libSingular (current value 0x06000082)
Here we demonstrate the intended way of using libSingular options:
sage: R.<x,y> = QQ[]
sage: I = R*[x^3+y^2,x^2*y+1]
sage: I.groebner_basis(deg_bound=2)
[x^3 + y^2, x^2*y + 1]
sage: I.groebner_basis()
[x^3 + y^2, x^2*y + 1, y^3 - x]
The option mult_bound is only relevant in the local case:
sage: from sage.libs.singular.option import opt
sage: Rlocal.<x,y,z> = PolynomialRing(QQ, order='ds')
sage: x^2<x
True
sage: J = [x^7+y^7+z^6,x^6+y^8+z^7,x^7+y^5+z^8, x^2*y^3+y^2*z^3+x^3*z^2,x^3*y^2+y^3*z^2+x^2*z^3]*Rlocal
sage: J.groebner_basis(mult_bound=100)
[x^3*y^2 + y^3*z^2 + x^2*z^3, x^2*y^3 + x^3*z^2 + y^2*z^3, y^5, x^6 + x*y^4*z^5, x^4*z^2 - y^4*z^2 - x^2*y*z^3 + x*y^2*z^3, z^6 - x*y^4*z^4 - x^3*y*z^5]
sage: opt['red_tail'] = True # the previous commands reset opt['red_tail'] to False
sage: J.groebner_basis()
[x^3*y^2 + y^3*z^2 + x^2*z^3, x^2*y^3 + x^3*z^2 + y^2*z^3, y^5, x^6, x^4*z^2 - y^4*z^2 - x^2*y*z^3 + x*y^2*z^3, z^6, y^4*z^3 - y^3*z^4 - x^2*z^5, x^3*y*z^4 - x^2*y^2*z^4 + x*y^3*z^4, x^3*z^5, x^2*y*z^5 + y^3*z^5, x*y^3*z^5]
Reset libSingular’s default options.
EXAMPLE:
sage: from sage.libs.singular.option import opt
sage: opt['red_tail']
True
sage: opt['red_tail'] = False
sage: opt['red_tail']
False
sage: opt['deg_bound']
0
sage: opt['deg_bound'] = 2
sage: opt['deg_bound']
2
sage: opt.reset_default()
sage: opt['red_tail']
True
sage: opt['deg_bound']
0
Bases: object
Option context
This object localizes changes to options.
EXAMPLE:
sage: from sage.libs.singular.option import opt, opt_ctx
sage: opt
general options for libSingular (current value 0x06000082)
sage: with opt_ctx(redTail=False):
... print opt
... with opt_ctx(redThrough=False):
... print opt
...
general options for libSingular (current value 0x04000082)
general options for libSingular (current value 0x04000002)
sage: print opt
general options for libSingular (current value 0x06000082)
Bases: object
Abstract Base Class for libSingular options.
EXAMPLE:
sage: from sage.libs.singular.option import opt as sopt
sage: bck = sopt.save(); hex(bck[0]), bck[1], bck[2]
('0x6000082', 0, 0)
sage: sopt['redTail'] = False
sage: hex(int(sopt))
'0x4000082'
sage: sopt.load(bck)
sage: sopt['redTail']
True
Return a triple of integers that allow reconstruction of the options.
EXAMPLE:
sage: from sage.libs.singular.option import opt
sage: opt['deg_bound']
0
sage: opt['red_tail']
True
sage: s = opt.save()
sage: opt['deg_bound'] = 2
sage: opt['red_tail'] = False
sage: opt['deg_bound']
2
sage: opt['red_tail']
False
sage: opt.load(s)
sage: opt['deg_bound']
0
sage: opt['red_tail']
True
sage: opt.reset_default() # needed to avoid side effects
Bases: sage.libs.singular.option.LibSingularOptions_abstract
Pythonic Interface to libSingular’s verbosity options.
Supported options are:
- mem - shows memory usage in square brackets.
- yacc - Only available in debug version.
- redefine - warns about variable redefinitions.
- reading - shows the number of characters read from a file.
- loadLib or load_lib - shows loading of libraries.
- debugLib or debug_lib - warns about syntax errors when loading a library.
- loadProc or load_proc - shows loading of procedures from libraries.
- defRes or def_res - shows the names of the syzygy modules while converting resolution to list.
- usage - shows correct usage in error messages.
- Imap or imap - shows the mapping of variables with the fetch and imap commands.
- notWarnSB or not_warn_sb - do not warn if a basis is not a standard basis
- contentSB or content_sb - avoids to divide by the content of a polynomial in std and related algorithms. Should usually not be used.
- cancelunit - avoids to divide polynomials by non-constant units in std in the local case. Should usually not be used.
EXAMPLE:
sage: from sage.libs.singular.option import LibSingularVerboseOptions
sage: libsingular_verbose = LibSingularVerboseOptions()
sage: libsingular_verbose
verbosity options for libSingular (current value 0x00002851)
Return to libSingular’s default verbosity options
EXAMPLE:
sage: from sage.libs.singular.option import opt_verb
sage: opt_verb['not_warn_sb']
False
sage: opt_verb['not_warn_sb'] = True
sage: opt_verb['not_warn_sb']
True
sage: opt_verb.reset_default()
sage: opt_verb['not_warn_sb']
False