Re: Smith Form

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 17/10/2007, Laurent Decreusefond <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Le 16 oct. 07 à 20:47, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso a écrit :
>
> > On 16/10/2007, Laurent Decreusefond <address@hidden>
> > wrote:
> >> I looked through the documentation and find no occurrence of the term
> >> Smith Form so my question is : does there exist a package which
> >> computes the Smith normal form of a matrix with integer
> >> coefficients ?
> >
> >
> > The Smith normal form seems in general to be of little use in
> > numerical analysis. Perhaps it is better suited for Maxima,
> >
>
> I know very well how to generate a random matrix in
> octave but not in Maxima/GAP or any other discrete math oriented soft
> and the reverse is true for the computation of the Smith form.

What are you trying to do? How do you need the Smith normal form in
Octave? What's the bigger goal?

It's not difficult to write a Smithification algorithm. We could write
one and submit it Octave-forge if it's absolutely indispensable. Do
you think we should?

- Jordi G. H.