Re: Resolution Time Study
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg108761] Re: Resolution Time Study
- From: Vince Virgilio <blueschi at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:03:16 -0500 (EST)
- References: <hoq5sv$24e$1@smc.vnet.net>
On Mar 29, 8:19 am, olfa <olfa.mra... at yahoo.fr> wrote: > Hello Mathematica Community > I've made a strange observation when using Mathematica 7 and > Mathematica 5.1. I thought that Mathematica 7 is more performant than > Mathematica 5.1 but when trying to solve the same system of equations > and inequalities by the function Reduce[] , Mathematica 7 has spent > 4794.03 seconds whereas Mathematica 5.1 has spent 2.437 seconds. > how to explain that? > is the function Timing the same one for the two Mathematica versions? > > Many thanks Without more detail, I can only guess. Possibly Mathematica's 7 computation was sent to a subkernel, below the radar of Timing[]. Vince Virgilio