Regarding discussion of project ideas for GSOC'23

[Ishan Pandhare]

Good day everyone,

I am Ishan Pandhare, 3rd year student of mathematics

and computing at IIT(BHU) Varanasi. I have been using 

Sympy for some time and have made some contributions as well.

After a brief discussion with some of the potential mentors, I could

draw a clear idea about some of the projects, even though 

I still want to discuss some projects with mentors willing to 

guide in the following:

Polynomial GCD : As I understand there is more than one

algorithm that could be implemented to improve the polynomial

GCD. I have looked at these and would like to discuss the

idea with a mentor. As it stands, improvement in this part could

simultaneously improve a lot of parts of Sympy. Also, I do have

knowledge of abstract algebra and number theory, which could be

useful for this project.

ODE ideas : Both of the topics related to this idea intrigued me.

The basic idea for "Solving Differential Equations in Terms of Bessel

Functions" has already been implemented and I would like to know the

scope of improvement in that area. Also, I would like to discuss other ideas

mentioned in the wiki, such as "Integrating factor for second order ODEs".

I do have the prerequisite knowledge, having studied DEs for the past

4 years.

Floating point expressions : The central idea of the project is to

improve the speed and accuracy of special functions. As I understand,

the scope of the project deals with either accuracy or speed (for a user-

defined accuracy). I would like to discuss the scope of this project 

with a mentor for further clarity.

Benchmarks and Performance : Having contributed to Sympy myself,

I can agree that a new system could be placed for benchmarks that 

could potentially warn about a certain change slowing down Sympy. This 

would encourage the implementation of better algorithms and could make

reviewing a PR much easier. I am very much interested in this idea and

would like to know where it stands as of today.

I would like to request the mentors concerning these projects to let me 

know about their involvement (as I am unaware of who the mentors 

for these projects are). There are other ideas that I would like to 

explore, but as of now, I would like to get a complete picture

of these project ideas. 

Thank you.

Ishan

[Ishan Pandhare]

There's another project that I would like to discuss with a mentor, and that has 

been previously been taken up

Series : I have taken a look at the work done by previous GSoC mentees, and the 

report suggests that there is still a good amount of work to be done in the

project. I do understand what needs to be done in the project, and would like

to discuss it with a mentor.

It would help me a lot if someone willing to mentor these projects would reply to

this thread, so I could get a clear picture of the demands of these projects.

Ishan