Polymake 3.5

Release dates:

• 3.5: August 13th, 2019

– distribution –

• support for clang 8 and gcc 9
• support for perl 5.30
• better interrupt handling
• improve callable library compatibility with threads:
  • remove access to perl interpreter via TLS
• docs:
  • new script for json docs file
  • remove xml based docs generation

– interfaces –

• singular: Attach saturation function
• TOSimplex: Fix bug in MILP solver for empty polytope
• flint: new interface:
  • improved polynomial arithmetic for UniPolynomial<Rational,int>
  • new user function smith_normal_form_flint

– common –

• Visualization: improve bounding box and related functions

– fan –

• Introduce new object HyperplaneArrangement
• SubdivisionOfVectors: new property MIN_WEIGHTS

– polytope –

• Introduce object SlackIdeal
• Polytope: Introduce property SLACK_MATRIX
• Polytope: Introduce property SLACK_IDEAL
• Polytope: new user method LATTICE_HOLLOW