Fast Library for Number Theory
"FLINT" redirects here. For other uses, see Flint (disambiguation).
| Developer(s) | William Hart and David Harvey |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 1.5.2 / April 8, 2010 |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | POSIX systems |
| Type | Mathematical software |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website |
flintlib |
The Fast Library for Number Theory (FLINT) is a C library for number theory applications. The two major areas of functionality currently implemented in FLINT are polynomial arithmetic over the integers and a quadratic sieve. The library is designed to be compiled with the GNU Multi-Precision Library (GMP) and is released under the GNU General Public License. It is developed by William Hart of the University of Warwick and David Harvey of Harvard University to address the speed limitations of the Pari and NTL libraries.[1]
Design Philosophy
- Asymptotically Fast Algorithms
- Implementations Fast as or Faster than Alternatives
- Written in Pure C
- Reliance on GMP
- Extensively Tested
- Extensively Profiled
- Support for Parallel Computation
Functionality
- Polynomial Arithmetic over the Integers
- Quadratic Sieve
References
- ↑ Page 10 of the Project Description for UW 2006 COMPMATH Proposal by William Stein
- FLINT 1.0.9: Fast Library for Number Theory by William Hart and David Harvey
- Video of the talk Parallel Computation in Number Theory (January 30, 2007) by William Hart
- Video of the talk FLINT and Fast Polynomial Arithmetic (June 13, 2007) By David Harvey
- Video of the talk A short talk on short division (October 1, 2007) by William Hart
- Video of the talk Algebraic Number Theory with FLINT (November 11, 2007) by William Hart