Questions tagged [timing]
This Tag is used for two things: Questions regarding improving execution speed and questions where various methods are compared for execution speed.
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Creating and printing a real-time evaluation timer
I want to print a timer that starts at 0 when an evaluation begins and stops when the evaluation is completed. I have come up with the following solution using Clock...
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CPU time in iteration process
Let $Tx=\frac{x}{2}$ for all $x\in[0,1]$. Let $x_{0}\in[0,1]$ and set an iterative sequence $\{x_{n}\}$ by the method $x_{n+1}=Tx_{n}$. Now if $x_{0}=0.8$, then I get a convergent sequence towards the ...
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Position command runs much slower for range containing numerically evaluated Bessel function
I have a long list (about 10000) of positive numbers (here simply denoted list), for which I want to find the positions of elements lying between 0.5 and the first ...
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Why does Module slow down StringMatchQ by 180 times?
I knew that Module is slower than With or Block, often by several times. But it surprises me ...
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Inconsistent Timing on FinancialBond valuations
I need to do bond valuations (lots of them across lots of data) using FinancialBond.
Context & Background
I have daily interest rate data on 30 year US Treasury ...
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How do I speed up this numerical integration with Bessel functions? (Tried changing Working Precision and Integration Strategies)
I need to compute the function P[b] given as follows:
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Derive a function and then make a fast version for execution
I would like to derive a (complicated) equation of motion and integrate it efficiently numerically. I can do this "by hand" by copying the resulting function in a new function and then ...
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Inverse taking no time? [closed]
I was comparing the time that the computer takes to perform Partial Pivoting, Total Pivoting and multiplying by the inverse. The code (that makes the comparison chart) is as follows:
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Solving an equation without output
Could you please help in solving the equation below. I am not able to do it with the current version of mathematica (very old one). All parameters are real and positive.
Thank you so much in advance
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Is there any hope to compute the determinant of $56\times 56$ parametric matrix and simplify the result?
I have this $56\times 56$ parametric matrix $M$ and I want to compute its determinant where $\{t,y,z\}$ are some real parameters. I use Det[M] but it takes a lot ...
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Why does Table take so much longer than its constituent computations?
I have a 10x5xn list, which I'll call data,
data = RandomInteger[{-500, 500}, {10, 5, n}];
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Speeding up time in computations: a visual and easy way to find the slowest parts of a code
Edit: I searched the wolfram function repository and there is a nice function EvaluationTiming by a Wolfram Research member that makes a dataset from the timing data of a computation.
If we set ...
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Why the performance of list of Timings depend on the order?
It seems that the result of list of Timings and AbsoluteTimings depends on the order, while ...
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Timing Discontinuity with Replace[] Function
When constructing certain square matrices I noticed a sharp jump in the time required to build them. I've included code and a plot of time required to make the matrix vs dimensionality of the matrix. ...
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Format Time Reported by AbsoluteTiming
I am trying to format the timing reported by AbsoluteTiming so that it states the hours minutes and seconds of the result. However, probably because ...
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Why the coefficient function is very fast
When looking for the coefficients of an desired series, I found that the Coefficient function is very fast compared to other functions and methods.
In the following summary, we find the different ...
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Defined function takes more time than pure/anonymous function. Why? [duplicate]
A function defined by f[x_]:=<code> and applied on every element of a list as f /@ testList seems to take longer than the ...
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Explicit integration of PDE running very slowly
I would like to solve the PDE $\frac{\partial u}{\partial t}=(1-x)\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}$, in the interval $[0,1]$, with initial condition $u(0,x)=e^{-218(\frac{-2}{3}-ln(1-x))^2}$, by manually ...
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Why is Clip so slow and how can I improve its performance?
The built-in function Clip is defined as a way to clip a value between a specified minimum and maximum. Another way to do this, is simply by utilizing ...
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How to get correct note timings when importing multi-track Midi files?
I have observed when importing midi files with more than one track, the times for every track except for the first one are sped up.
for example,
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Elimination of the variables
I am trying to get an equation in terms of variable z by eliminating variables g0 and g1 but
Running below code is taking time forever
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Using With[] vs. Using a Pure Function for Constants
There are many cases where I am conflicted over using With[] versus using pure functions when dealing with constants, knowing the output is the same either way. For ...
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Code to solve quadratically constrained quadratic optimisation problem using FindMinimum is very slow. How do I make it faster?
The problem
I have a quadratically constrained quadratic optimisation problem (QCQP) which takes about 13 seconds to find the optimal solution. I want to iteratively optimise a large number of times (...
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How to make the following code work faster?
The problem
I would like to compute the Lorentz transformation $\mathbf{p}'$ of an arbitrary 3-momentum vector $\mathbf{p}$ given a boost characterized by some other momentum vector $\mathbf{p}_{N}$, ...
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Check if list is singleton in sub linear time
A singleton is a list whose elements are equal. Some ways of checking this in Mathematica:
{Equal@@#&,
1==Length@Union@#&,
MatchQ[#,{x_ ..}]&}
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How to evaluate the following integral faster?
I have a problem with the time required for evaluating the multi-dimensional integral and would be grateful for any help in reducing this time.
First of all, there are some pre-definitions used in the ...
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Why Dot product of my vectors takes longer than usual?
I have a list containing 100 complex numbers lying between 1.9 + 1.9 i and 2.0 + 2.0 i
you can download its mx file from the link below and import it in Mathematica:
http://adambarfib.ir1.rapidpars....
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Long execution time using position
I have two lists, for example:
List1={2,4,6,8,10,12}
List2={4,10,12}
I want to find the positions in List1 such that the element at that position is equal to the ...
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How to reduce the computation time of this series expansion?
I have a complicated function gg[Delta,l][z1,z2] which is given in the sample code below. I would like to expand this function for as many ...
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Why is doing a computation inside Select slower than a precomputation?
I am trying to generate primitive Pythogorean triples using Euclid's parametrization. I basically want a list of pairs with ordered pairs $(m,n)$ such that $m$ and $n$ are coprime.
My first approach ...
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Multi-dimensional array lookup vs flat array lookup with compute
During Monte-Carlo (MC) simulations on a latice of dimensions $(L_1,L_2,\ldots,L_D)$, all the site varibales are often stored as a $D$ dimensional array array. To ...
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Difference in computation speed of Eigensystem not to expectation for ParallelTable and Table
I was trying to compute the time it takes for Eigensystem to evaluate while being inside a ParallelTable, as it is well-known LAPACK subroutine has an inbuilt Parallelization to it. And the difference ...
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Calculation time differs between segmented loops and one whole loop
I stumbled on a strange issue while simulating a large number of random values, $10^8$ to be precise.
I generated the numbers at first by the following code:
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Reduce the time of computation for $5$-dimensional numerical integration
I need to perform (numerically) the $5$-dimensional integral given in the code below for a large number of values of $\epsilon$. The code I have at the moment takes $\sim 11$ minutes and returns an ...
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Mathematica 12.1 start-up time in Linux extremely slow
I installed Mathematica 12.1 on my Linux machine and the start-up time is extremely slow.
I see the Spikey logo and messages like:
Initializing Kernel connections
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Summing Kronecker Deltas: Sharp slowdowns for simple sums
I'm using Mathematica 12.0 Student Edition. I'm a little confused by the length of time Mathematica takes to evaluate certain sums of Kronecker Deltas or Discrete Deltas. Here's a simple example below:...
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Converting Timing to TimeObject
What's the proper way to get Timing and post-process it for example to convert to a TimeObject as a defined function?
In line, ...
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Filtering Fibonacci numbers for elements meeting certain criteria [closed]
Write a code that selects in less than two seconds from every 123rd of the first 33,333 even Fibonaci numbers; those which contain the digits 2, 3, 6, 7, and 8 and also contains the digit 1 more than ...
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How to set a timer (countdown) in Manipulate what stops it running?
I have a Manipulate function with 2d slider which I can play with some curves. I consider this as a game (gamification in physics). I want to set a timer so when it countdown to zero then the game ...
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How to speed up Timing[4^(10^10)]
I have an old computer with a quad-core AMD Phenom II processor (3Ghz). When I run Timing[4^(10^10)]the computer takes hours to evaluate the expression. I'm not ...
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Using Parallelize in a solve function
Is there a way to use Parallelize the following operation, in order to make it do the calculations faster? Or is there another way to speed up this calculation?
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Generalization of code is slower than particular case
I wrote the following Mathematica module:
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Summing all the times of a column
It is possible to add a last row in the table where I can show the sum of values of the last column. I would like to get the total time value...
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Show timing of every output
I know I can follow Wolfram's guide and enable "ShowTiming" to show the timing of the previous command at the bottom of the window.
Additionally, I can enable <...
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Why do I keep getting the same time from the Timing function?
I am running a gamblers problem solution where I am testing the timing involved in solving the Ax = b equation for matrices of n=100, 1000, 10000, and 100000. For some reason I keep getting the same ...
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How to speed up a process
I am wondering how to speed up the following code: Currently it takes more than two sec to be processed.
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Reduce Plot3D evaluation time?
I have a large function func[a,b] and I need its Plot3D. Since the command ...
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List generation speed change at ~800 iterations
I recently have been developing a project for my students to explore some functionality of the Wolfram Language and have requested that they investigate the timing for several different methods of ...
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