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news:release_2_13 [2012/03/29 16:32] – [Changes in 2.13] joswignews:release_2_13 [2019/01/29 21:46] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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-====== New Features in Next Release 2.13 ======+====== Release 2.13 ======
  
-Release date: unspecified.+Release date: April 4th 2014.
  
-  * new application ideal+===== New Features ===== 
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 +  * new application ideal with an interface to singular (4.x.x) 
 +  * new application fulton for normal toric varieties 
 +  * quadratic field extensions and exact representations of Platonic solids (and others) 
 +  * new bundled extension for libnormaliz 
 +  * new interface to ppl 
 +  * additional symmetric convex hull implementations via sympol 
 +  * new rule to test regularity of a complete fan
   * visualization: saving the view point   * visualization: saving the view point
 +  * visualization via sketch: new option Scale, can now do VertexLabels and individual colors per vertex or facet
   * new formatting_filter for numbered/labeled array types   * new formatting_filter for numbered/labeled array types
 +  * fast loading of gzipped XML files
 +  * further modularization via bundled extensions
 +  * enhanced extension management: dependences, credits, reconfiguration
 +  * experimental version of PolyViewer (?)
 +===== Changes=====
  
-====== Changes in 2.13 ====== +  * partial refactoring in application tropical (to be continued) 
- +  * refactoring of heuristic methods in application topaz (e.g., for sphere recognition) 
-  * discontinued support for legacy versions of gcc+  * discontinued support for legacy versions of gcc and perl (gcc 4.2/perl 5.10 or higher needed) 
 +  * ''create_24_cell'' replaced by ''regular_24_cell'' from general Wythoff construction (now comes with the group)
   * ''eliminate_denominators'' (for type ''Matrix'') renamed to ''eliminate_denominators_in_rows''; reason: avoid confusion with new function ''eliminate_denominators_entire'' with same signature; ''eliminate_denominators'' for type ''Vector'' unchanged   * ''eliminate_denominators'' (for type ''Matrix'') renamed to ''eliminate_denominators_in_rows''; reason: avoid confusion with new function ''eliminate_denominators_entire'' with same signature; ''eliminate_denominators'' for type ''Vector'' unchanged
 +  * visualization: Sketch-Output has a different papersize, so you don't need to scroll down anymore
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