Re: Mathematica v5 versus v6
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- Subject: [mg80103] Re: Mathematica v5 versus v6
- From: David Bailey <dave at Remove_Thisdbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:25:21 -0400 (EDT)
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Jon wrote: > Hi > > I have found that there are some simple problems which can be done quickly in v5 but the new v6 seemingly cannot. > > For example I am presently doing some work which requires the calculation of the Rank of an 8 by 8 matrix. Using my notebook, 1Gb RAM and 1.73GHz with v5.1, I get the answer in a few seconds. When I installed v6 and ran the same nb file I never got an answer even after running for 1 hour. > > Is there a bug in v6? > > If others are also running v6 I would be interested in getting in touch to see if other users have the same experience. If you are running on a 64 bit machine I would really like to see if that solves the problem and can give an answer with v6. > > Any comments are very welcome! > > Thanks > > Jon > Why not post a specific example in InputForm. David Bailey http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk