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== Links ==
* [http://www.sagemath.org/ Sage website]

;Manual
* Use command <code>search_src(...)</code> from Sage
* Use command <code>hg_sage.serve()</code> from Sage console
* [http://www.sagemath.org/doc/index.html Sage reference documentation]

;Tutorials
* http://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/a_tour_of_sage/index.html
* http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~mosulliv/sagetutorial/sagecalc.html
* http://www.sagemath.org/doc/reference/calculus/sage/calculus/calculus.html

;Examples
* [http://www.sagemath.org/doc/reference/polynomial_rings/sage/rings/polynomial/polynomial_modn_dense_ntl.html#sage.rings.polynomial.polynomial_modn_dense_ntl.small_roots small_roots documentation] &mdash; Nice example on how to manipulate polynomials, primes, etc.

== Installation ==
== Installation ==


=== Upgrade ===
'''DID NOT WORK WITH 6.1 &rarr; 6.10''' &mdash; Upgrade sage with:
<source lang=bash>
sage -upgrade
</source>

=== Sage 6.10 ===
<source lang=bash>
tar -xvjf sage-6.10-Ubuntu_14.04-x86_64.tar.bz2
cd SageMath/
./sage
</source>

To start, <code>./sage -notebook</code>

=== Sage 6.0 ===
Installing Sage 6.0 compiled for Ubuntu 10.04 (also works on Ubuntu 12.04):
<source lang=bash>
#better install it as standard user (or create a custom user for sage)
tar -xv --lzma -f ~/tmp/sage/sage-6.0-x86_64-Linux-Ubuntu_10.04_x86_64.tar.lzma
mv sage-6.0-x86_64-Linux sage-6.0
sudo ln -s /data/sage-6.0 /sage
</source>


=== Sage 4.2.1 ===
=== Sage 4.2.1 ===
* Installing '''Sage 4.2.1''', '''Ubuntu 9.10 32bit i686''', on '''Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04'''.
* Installing '''Sage 4.2.1''', '''Ubuntu 9.10 32bit i686''', on '''Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04'''.
{{lp2|<source lang="bash">
<source lang="bash">
#better install it as standard user (or create a custom user for sage)
#better install it as standard user (or create a custom user for sage)
tar -xv --lzma -f sage-4.2.1-linux-Ubuntu_9.10-i686-Linux.tar.lzma
tar -xv --lzma -f sage-4.2.1-linux-Ubuntu_9.10-i686-Linux.tar.lzma
mv sage-4.2.1-linux-Ubuntu_9.10-i686-Linux sage-4.2.1
mv sage-4.2.1-linux-Ubuntu_9.10-i686-Linux sage-4.2.1
sudo ln -s /mnt/data/sage-4.2.1 /sage
sudo ln -s /mnt/data/sage-4.2.1 /sage
</source>}}
</source>
* Sage complains that <tt>version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /sage/local/lib/libgmpxx.so.3)</tt>. Fix is to install locally a more up-to-date version of libstdc++ (see [http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel/browse_thread/thread/1b05c73e974bfa07/ab0393f1b002de09?lnk=raot]):
* Sage complains that <tt>version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /sage/local/lib/libgmpxx.so.3)</tt>. Fix is to install locally a more up-to-date version of libstdc++ (see [http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel/browse_thread/thread/1b05c73e974bfa07/ab0393f1b002de09?lnk=raot]):
{{lp2|<source lang="bash">
<source lang="bash">
cd /sage/local/lib
cd /sage/local/lib
wget http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/wstein/tmp/fedora11/libstdc++.so.6.0.12
wget http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/wstein/tmp/fedora11/libstdc++.so.6.0.12
ln -s libstdc++.so.6.0.12 libstdc++.so.6
ln -s libstdc++.so.6.0.12 libstdc++.so.6
</source>}}
</source>


=== Sage 3.2.1 ===
=== Sage 3.2.1 ===
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</source>
</source>


== Notebook ==
== Starting Sage ==
Notebook is the html interface to Sage. It is launched with the command <tt>notebook</tt> (see also ([http://www.sagemath.org/doc/ref/module-sage.server.notebook.notebook.html The Sage Notebook object]).
The ''Notebook'' is the html interface to Sage. It is launched with the command <tt>notebook</tt> (see also ([http://www.sagemath.org/doc/reference/sage/server/notebook/notebook.html The Sage Notebook object]).


;Sage 6.0
<source lang="bash">
% sage
sage> notebook(interface='',port=8000) # To make notebook available on port 8000, even to remote computer
sage> notebook(interface='',port=8000, require_login=False) # No login necessary
sage> notebook? # Get help on notebook

% sage -notebook "interface=localhost" "port=8000" "open_viewer=False" # Launch notebook from command-line
% sage -notebook "interface=''" "port=8000" "open_viewer=False" # Launch notebook from command-line, even to remote computer - BEWARE no security!
</source>

;Sage 4.1
<source lang="bash">
<source lang="bash">
% sage
% sage
sage> notebook(address='',port=8000) # To make notebook available on port 8000, even to remote computer
sage> notebook(address='',port=8000) # To make notebook available on port 8000, even to remote computer
sage> notebook(address='',port=8000, require_login=False) # No login necessary
sage> notebook(address='',port=8000, require_login=False) # No login necessary
sage> notebook(pretty_print=False) # To enable LaTeX pretty print by default in all worksheets
sage> notebook? # Get help on notebook
sage> notebook? # Get help on notebook

% sage -notebook "address=localhost" "port=8000" "open_viewer=False" # Launch notebook from command-line
% sage -notebook "address=''" "port=8000" "open_viewer=False" # Launch notebook from command-line, even to remote computer - BEWARE no security!
</source>

To run Sage with a non-standard browser:
<source lang="bash">
env SAGE_BROWSER=opera /usr/bin/sage -notebook
</source>

== Reference ==
=== Python ===
See [[Python]] on this wiki.

=== Basic ===
<source lang=python>
print "a<b:",bool(a<b) # Don't add surrounding parenthesis
print "n=",hex(n)

# Using expression
a=sqrt(2)
print a # 'sqrt(2)'
print type(a) # '<type 'sage.symbolic.expression.Expression'>'
print a.n() # Print numerical value of a
print a.n(digits=20) # Print numerical value of a, with 20 accurate digits
print a.n(prec=64) # Print numerical value of a, with 64-bit precision

# Hexadecimal
m=0x1234; print m # Convert hex to decimal
print hex(m) # Convert decimal to hex (only for Integers)

# Conversion
K = ZZ.random_element(0, 2^128)
print "K = ",hex(K) # Member of ZZ are <type 'sage.rings.integer.Integer'>
Rho = [0]*Rhobits # This is a <type 'list'>
Rho = ZZ(Rho,2) # ... now convert it to <type 'sage.rings.integer.Integer'>
Rho = list(Integer.binary(Rho)) # ... and back to list
ZmodN = Zmod(128)
R = ZmodN.random_element() # A '<type 'sage.rings.finite_rings.integer_mod.IntegerMod_gmp'>)
Integer(R) # ... convert to standard Integer

# Range
range(10) # [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
range(5, 10) # [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
range(0, 10, 3) # [0, 3, 6, 9]

# List
print mylist[1:10] # Extract a sublist
mylist = [f(i) for i in range(10)] # Create a list
</source>

=== Arithmetics ===
http://www.sagemath.org/doc/reference/misc/sage/rings/arith.html
<source lang=python>
# ----- INVERSE modular
s=Mod(s2-s1,n); 1/s # Using 'Mod'
ZmodN=Zmod(n); ZmodN(1/s) # Using inverse in the Integers modulo n ring
s=inverse_mod(s2-s1,n) # Using 'inverse_mod'

# ----- Modular EXPONENTATION
ZmodN = Zmod(N)
C = ZmodN(M)^e # Using 'Zmod' ring
print "C = ",hex(Integer(C))

C=power_mod(M,e,N) # Using 'power_mod' builtin

def modexp(a, b, n):
d=1
for i in list(Integer.binary(b)):
d = mod(d*d,n)
if Integer(i)== 1:
d = mod(d*a,n)
return Integer(d)
SIGN = modexp(m, d, n) # Using own function

# ----- Chinese Remainder Theorem
crt([13, 20], [100, 301]) # Return x s.t. x=13 mod 100, x=20 mod 301

# ----- Other
next_prime(p) # Return smallest prime > p
random_prime(pmax,None,pmin) # Random prime [pmin,pmax] - see doc for meaning of None
euler_phi(47*53) # Euler's phi function
odd_part(n) # Return n/2^k, with k as large as possible
</source>

=== Polynomials ===
<source lang=python>
ZmodN = Zmod(N)
P.<x> = PolynomialRing(ZmodN)
f = (ZmodN(Rho)*2^Kbits + x)^e - ZmodN(C) # Define our polynomial - must use elt from the ring
f.small_roots()[0] # Find f's small roots (using Coppersmith's theorem)
g = f.monic() # Return f divided by its leading coef, such that g is monic
</source>

=== Structures ===
; [http://www.sagemath.org/doc/reference/rings_standard/sage/rings/integer_ring.html Ring Z of Integers] ([http://www.sagemath.org/doc/reference/rings_standard/sage/rings/integer.html elements of Z])
<source lang=python>
Z = IntegerRing(); Z # Integer Ring
ZZ==IntegerRing() # true - 'ZZ' is already defined
ZZ.random_element(min,max) # A random element min <= x < max
</source>

; [http://www.sagemath.org/doc/reference/rings_standard/sage/rings/finite_rings/integer_mod_ring.html Ring Z/nZ of integers modulo n] ([http://www.sagemath.org/doc/reference/rings_standard/sage/rings/finite_rings/integer_mod.html Elements of Z/nZ])
<source lang=python>
IntegerModRing(15) # Ring of integers modulo 15
Integers(15) # ... idem (synomym)
Zmod(15) # ... idem (synomym)
Integers() is Integers(0) is ZZ # Integers() is the Ring Z of Integers
type(IntegerModRing(2^31-1).an_element()) # type of an element
</source>

=== Calculus ===
* http://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/prep/Symbolics-and-Basic-Plotting.html

<source lang=python>
f(x)=(x-1)^3
f.show()
f(x).show()
</source>

Use <code>expand</code> to expand the function object:
<source lang=python>
f.expand()
expand(f) # idem
</source>

... we can also expand the expression:
<source lang=python>
f(x).expand()
expand(f(x)) # idem
</source>

Use <code>factor</code> to factorize:
<source lang=python>
f(x).factor()
factor(f(x)) # idem
</source>

Use <code>simplify_full</code> to simplify an expression:
<source lang=python>
z = ((x - 1)^(3/2) - (x + 1)*sqrt(x - 1))/sqrt((x - 1)*(x + 1))
z.simplify_full()
</source>
Type <code>simplify</code> then TAB to see other available methods in sage.

Use <code>solve</code> to solve an expression
<source lang=python>
a,b,c=var('a,b,c')
show(solve(a*x^2+b*x+c,x))
</source>
... also for system of equations:
<source lang=python>
x,y=var('x,y')
solve([x+y==2,x+2*y==2],x,y) # Note that we use == for the equal sign
</source>
<code>solve</code> also works for non-linear equations:
<source lang=python>
solve([x^2==1,x^3==1],x)
</source>

=== Plotting ===
* [http://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/prep/Advanced-2DPlotting.html Tutorial for Advanced 2d Plotting]
* [http://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/reference/plotting/index.html 2D Graphics]
:* [http://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/reference/plotting/sage/plot/plot.html 2D Plotting]
:* [http://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/reference/plotting/sage/plot/graphics.html Graphics object]

<source lang=python>
plot(x^2, (x,-2,2)) # Plot a simple quadratic function
plot(x^2, (x,-2,2), color='purple') # ... idem with color
plot(x^2, (x,-2,2), gridlines=true) # ... idem with grid (see Graphics object help)
plot(x^2, (x,-2,2), aspect_ratio=1.0) # ... to have an orthonormal grid

plot? # Some help
plot.options # default plot options
</source>

To combine graphs:
<source lang=python>
g1 = plot(x^2, (x,-2,2), color='blue')
g2 = plot((x-1)^2+2, (x,-2,2), color='red')
g1+g2 # Show both graphs together
</source>

== Tips ==
;Don't print carriage return in Notebook [http://ask.sagemath.org/question/698/carriage-return-and-notebook-cell-output]
<source lang=python>
for i in range(10):
print i, # Use comma and flush
sys.stdout.flush() # might require 'import sys'
print ''
</source>

;Print long output lines (>72 characters) without breaks
* Click on the left of the line that is broken up [http://osdir.com/ml/sage-support/2013-05/msg00093.html]
* Maybe there is a way to do this programmatically (see <code>Cell.word_wrap_cols()</code> and <code>Cell.set_cell_output_type</code>)
* Or change the default word wrap settings permanently for the whole notebook.<br>For this, logged in as ''admin'', go to ''Settings''→''Notebook settings'', and edit ''Number of word-wrap columns'' (default <ode>72</code>).

== Example of use ==
=== Breaking ECDSA ===
<source lang=python>
# This sheet is an attempt to break the hack-lu 2011 challenge (helping Phil Teuwen)
# We can ask an Oracle server to sign arbitrary message using ECDSA.
# Here are two requests:

# 87.64.72.220 connected at Tue Sep 13 19:59:39 2011.
# Your message is 0.
# (r, s) = (0x794be184a2e180978baadfa0561ec7870ce5849bad28ed6a, 0xdb8ddb3018aad092b27aa3f5cd1b47583625e32c4a0ce7d8)

# This is the signature generation machine.
# Using secp192r1, SHA-1.
# 87.64.72.220 connected at Tue Sep 13 19:59:39 2011.
# Your message is 1.
# (r, s) = (0x794be184a2e180978baadfa0561ec7870ce5849bad28ed6a, 0x8036ff32c0d04a924b9c19d2489285a15876cc7e3817cfa)


# This is the signature generation machine.
# Using secp192r1, SHA-1.
# 87.64.72.220 connected at Tue Sep 13 19:59:39 2011.
# Your message is 2.
# (r, s) = (0x794be184a2e180978baadfa0561ec7870ce5849bad28ed6a, 0xa923210c2bd3d5e97cc1ab6021230f6fb49f9b42bee19e4a)

# We see that both messages have the same r, which is bad for the security of secp192r1
# See ECDSA page on Wikipedia:
# - First compute k=(z2-z1)/(s2-s1) mod n,
# - then da=(s1.k-z1)/r1 mod n
#
# On Wikipedia page on ECC, we have a link to NIST's recommended curve
# http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/toolkit/documents/dss/NISTReCur.pdf
# We can get the value of the curve order (value r in the PDF document, but value n above)

(r1, s1) = (0x794be184a2e180978baadfa0561ec7870ce5849bad28ed6a, 0x8036ff32c0d04a924b9c19d2489285a15876cc7e3817cfa)
(r2, s2) = (0x794be184a2e180978baadfa0561ec7870ce5849bad28ed6a, 0xa923210c2bd3d5e97cc1ab6021230f6fb49f9b42bee19e4a)
# n is the order of the curve (from NIST doc)
n = 6277101735386680763835789423176059013767194773182842284081L
#1st message is "1", 2nd message is "2"
#SHA-1, without Carriage return
z1=0x356a192b7913b04c54574d18c28d46e6395428ab
z2=0xda4b9237bacccdf19c0760cab7aec4a8359010b0

s_inv=inverse_mod(s2-s1,n)
k=Mod((z2-z1)*s_inv,n)
k

#Compute private key from (r1,s1)
dA=Mod(Mod(s1*k-z1,n)*inverse_mod(r1,n),n)
dA

#Compute private key from (r2,s2)
Mod(Mod(s2*k-z2,n)*inverse_mod(r2,n),n)
</source>
</source>

Latest revision as of 01:46, 29 December 2015

Links

Manual
Tutorials
Examples

Installation

Upgrade

DID NOT WORK WITH 6.1 → 6.10 — Upgrade sage with:

sage -upgrade

Sage 6.10

tar -xvjf sage-6.10-Ubuntu_14.04-x86_64.tar.bz2
cd SageMath/
./sage

To start, ./sage -notebook

Sage 6.0

Installing Sage 6.0 compiled for Ubuntu 10.04 (also works on Ubuntu 12.04):

#better install it as standard user (or create a custom user for sage)
tar -xv --lzma -f ~/tmp/sage/sage-6.0-x86_64-Linux-Ubuntu_10.04_x86_64.tar.lzma
mv sage-6.0-x86_64-Linux sage-6.0
sudo ln -s /data/sage-6.0 /sage

Sage 4.2.1

  • Installing Sage 4.2.1, Ubuntu 9.10 32bit i686, on Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04.
#better install it as standard user (or create a custom user for sage)
tar -xv --lzma -f sage-4.2.1-linux-Ubuntu_9.10-i686-Linux.tar.lzma
mv sage-4.2.1-linux-Ubuntu_9.10-i686-Linux sage-4.2.1
sudo ln -s /mnt/data/sage-4.2.1 /sage
  • Sage complains that version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /sage/local/lib/libgmpxx.so.3). Fix is to install locally a more up-to-date version of libstdc++ (see [1]):
cd /sage/local/lib
wget http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/wstein/tmp/fedora11/libstdc++.so.6.0.12
ln -s libstdc++.so.6.0.12 libstdc++.so.6

Sage 3.2.1

Install instruction for Ubuntu - using binary image sage-3.2.1-ubuntu_32bit-xeon-i686-Linux.tar.gz. Script below will install sage in /usr/local/sage-3.2.1, and create a copy of sage in path /usr/local/bin.

# (as root)

% cd /usr/local
% tar -xvzf .../sage-3.2.1-ubuntu_32bit-xeon-i686-Linux.tar.gz
% mv sage-3.2.1-Ubuntu-x86_64-opteron-x86_64-Linux sage-3.2.1
% chmod a+rX -R sage-3.2.1     
% cp /usr/local/sage-3.2.1/sage /usr/local/bin
% vi /usr/local/bin/sage
#  --> change SAGE_ROOT to /usr/local/sage-3.2.1

After installation, launch sage from root again because Sage needs to update some links, create files, etc...

% sage

Starting Sage

The Notebook is the html interface to Sage. It is launched with the command notebook (see also (The Sage Notebook object).

Sage 6.0
% sage
sage> notebook(interface='',port=8000)                       # To make notebook available on port 8000, even to remote computer
sage> notebook(interface='',port=8000, require_login=False)  # No login necessary
sage> notebook?                                            # Get help on notebook

% sage -notebook "interface=localhost" "port=8000" "open_viewer=False"   # Launch notebook from command-line
% sage -notebook "interface=''" "port=8000" "open_viewer=False"          # Launch notebook from command-line, even to remote computer - BEWARE no security!
Sage 4.1
% sage
sage> notebook(address='',port=8000)                       # To make notebook available on port 8000, even to remote computer
sage> notebook(address='',port=8000, require_login=False)  # No login necessary
sage> notebook?                                            # Get help on notebook

% sage -notebook "address=localhost" "port=8000" "open_viewer=False"   # Launch notebook from command-line
% sage -notebook "address=''" "port=8000" "open_viewer=False"          # Launch notebook from command-line, even to remote computer - BEWARE no security!

To run Sage with a non-standard browser:

env SAGE_BROWSER=opera /usr/bin/sage -notebook

Reference

Python

See Python on this wiki.

Basic

print "a<b:",bool(a<b)              # Don't add surrounding parenthesis
print "n=",hex(n)

# Using expression
a=sqrt(2)
print a                             # 'sqrt(2)'
print type(a)                       # '<type 'sage.symbolic.expression.Expression'>'
print a.n()                         # Print numerical value of a
print a.n(digits=20)                # Print numerical value of a, with 20 accurate digits
print a.n(prec=64)                  # Print numerical value of a, with 64-bit precision

# Hexadecimal
m=0x1234; print m                   # Convert hex to decimal
print hex(m)                        # Convert decimal to hex (only for Integers)

# Conversion
K = ZZ.random_element(0, 2^128)
print "K   = ",hex(K)               # Member of ZZ are <type 'sage.rings.integer.Integer'>
Rho = [0]*Rhobits                   # This is a <type 'list'>
Rho = ZZ(Rho,2)                     # ... now convert it to <type 'sage.rings.integer.Integer'>
Rho = list(Integer.binary(Rho))     # ... and back to list
ZmodN = Zmod(128)
R = ZmodN.random_element()          # A '<type 'sage.rings.finite_rings.integer_mod.IntegerMod_gmp'>)
Integer(R)                          # ... convert to standard Integer

# Range
range(10)                           # [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
range(5, 10)                        # [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
range(0, 10, 3)                     # [0, 3, 6, 9]

# List
print mylist[1:10]                  # Extract a sublist
mylist = [f(i) for i in range(10)]  # Create a list

Arithmetics

http://www.sagemath.org/doc/reference/misc/sage/rings/arith.html

                                    # ----- INVERSE modular
s=Mod(s2-s1,n); 1/s                 # Using 'Mod'
ZmodN=Zmod(n); ZmodN(1/s)           # Using inverse in the Integers modulo n ring
s=inverse_mod(s2-s1,n)              # Using 'inverse_mod'

                                    # ----- Modular EXPONENTATION
ZmodN = Zmod(N)
C = ZmodN(M)^e                      # Using 'Zmod' ring
print "C   = ",hex(Integer(C))

C=power_mod(M,e,N)                  # Using 'power_mod' builtin

def modexp(a, b, n):
    d=1
    for i in list(Integer.binary(b)):
            d = mod(d*d,n)
            if Integer(i)== 1:
                d = mod(d*a,n)
    return Integer(d)
SIGN = modexp(m, d, n)               # Using own function

                                     # ----- Chinese Remainder Theorem
crt([13, 20], [100, 301])            # Return x s.t. x=13 mod 100, x=20 mod 301

                                     # ----- Other
next_prime(p)                        # Return smallest prime > p
random_prime(pmax,None,pmin)         # Random prime [pmin,pmax] - see doc for meaning of None
euler_phi(47*53)                     # Euler's phi function
odd_part(n)                          # Return n/2^k, with k as large as possible

Polynomials

ZmodN = Zmod(N)
P.<x> = PolynomialRing(ZmodN)
f = (ZmodN(Rho)*2^Kbits + x)^e - ZmodN(C)   # Define our polynomial - must use elt from the ring
f.small_roots()[0]                          # Find f's small roots (using Coppersmith's theorem)
g = f.monic()                               # Return f divided by its leading coef, such that g is monic

Structures

Ring Z of Integers (elements of Z)
Z = IntegerRing(); Z                    # Integer Ring
ZZ==IntegerRing()                       # true - 'ZZ' is already defined
ZZ.random_element(min,max)              # A random element min <= x < max
Ring Z/nZ of integers modulo n (Elements of Z/nZ)
IntegerModRing(15)                          # Ring of integers modulo 15
Integers(15)                                # ... idem (synomym)
Zmod(15)                                    # ... idem (synomym)
Integers() is Integers(0) is ZZ             # Integers() is the Ring Z of Integers
type(IntegerModRing(2^31-1).an_element())   # type of an element

Calculus

f(x)=(x-1)^3
f.show()
f(x).show()

Use expand to expand the function object:

f.expand()
expand(f)           # idem

... we can also expand the expression:

f(x).expand()
expand(f(x))        # idem

Use factor to factorize:

f(x).factor()
factor(f(x))        # idem

Use simplify_full to simplify an expression:

z = ((x - 1)^(3/2) - (x + 1)*sqrt(x - 1))/sqrt((x - 1)*(x + 1))
z.simplify_full()

Type simplify then TAB to see other available methods in sage.

Use solve to solve an expression

a,b,c=var('a,b,c')
show(solve(a*x^2+b*x+c,x))

... also for system of equations:

x,y=var('x,y')
solve([x+y==2,x+2*y==2],x,y)               # Note that we use == for the equal sign

solve also works for non-linear equations:

solve([x^2==1,x^3==1],x)

Plotting

plot(x^2, (x,-2,2))                         # Plot a simple quadratic function
plot(x^2, (x,-2,2), color='purple')         # ... idem with color
plot(x^2, (x,-2,2), gridlines=true)         # ... idem with grid (see Graphics object help)
plot(x^2, (x,-2,2), aspect_ratio=1.0)       # ... to have an orthonormal grid

plot?                                       # Some help
plot.options                                # default plot options

To combine graphs:

g1 = plot(x^2, (x,-2,2), color='blue')
g2 = plot((x-1)^2+2, (x,-2,2), color='red')
g1+g2                                       # Show both graphs together

Tips

Don't print carriage return in Notebook [2]
for i in range(10):
    print i,                                 # Use comma and flush
    sys.stdout.flush()                       # might require 'import sys'
print ''
Print long output lines (>72 characters) without breaks
  • Click on the left of the line that is broken up [3]
  • Maybe there is a way to do this programmatically (see Cell.word_wrap_cols() and Cell.set_cell_output_type)
  • Or change the default word wrap settings permanently for the whole notebook.
    For this, logged in as admin, go to SettingsNotebook settings, and edit Number of word-wrap columns (default <ode>72).

Example of use

Breaking ECDSA

# This sheet is an attempt to break the hack-lu 2011 challenge (helping Phil Teuwen)
# We can ask an Oracle server to sign arbitrary message using ECDSA.
# Here are two requests:

# 87.64.72.220 connected at Tue Sep 13 19:59:39 2011.
# Your message is 0.
# (r, s) = (0x794be184a2e180978baadfa0561ec7870ce5849bad28ed6a, 0xdb8ddb3018aad092b27aa3f5cd1b47583625e32c4a0ce7d8)

# This is the signature generation machine.
# Using secp192r1, SHA-1.
# 87.64.72.220 connected at Tue Sep 13 19:59:39 2011.
# Your message is 1.
# (r, s) = (0x794be184a2e180978baadfa0561ec7870ce5849bad28ed6a, 0x8036ff32c0d04a924b9c19d2489285a15876cc7e3817cfa)


# This is the signature generation machine.
# Using secp192r1, SHA-1.
# 87.64.72.220 connected at Tue Sep 13 19:59:39 2011.
# Your message is 2.
# (r, s) = (0x794be184a2e180978baadfa0561ec7870ce5849bad28ed6a, 0xa923210c2bd3d5e97cc1ab6021230f6fb49f9b42bee19e4a)

# We see that both messages have the same r, which is bad for the security of secp192r1
# See ECDSA page on Wikipedia:
# - First compute k=(z2-z1)/(s2-s1) mod n, 
# - then da=(s1.k-z1)/r1 mod n
#
# On Wikipedia page on ECC, we have a link to NIST's recommended curve
# http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/toolkit/documents/dss/NISTReCur.pdf
# We can get the value of the curve order (value r in the PDF document, but value n above)

(r1, s1) = (0x794be184a2e180978baadfa0561ec7870ce5849bad28ed6a, 0x8036ff32c0d04a924b9c19d2489285a15876cc7e3817cfa)
(r2, s2) = (0x794be184a2e180978baadfa0561ec7870ce5849bad28ed6a, 0xa923210c2bd3d5e97cc1ab6021230f6fb49f9b42bee19e4a)
# n is the order of the curve (from NIST doc)
n = 6277101735386680763835789423176059013767194773182842284081L
#1st message is "1", 2nd message is "2"
#SHA-1, without Carriage return
z1=0x356a192b7913b04c54574d18c28d46e6395428ab
z2=0xda4b9237bacccdf19c0760cab7aec4a8359010b0

s_inv=inverse_mod(s2-s1,n)
k=Mod((z2-z1)*s_inv,n)
k

#Compute private key from (r1,s1)
dA=Mod(Mod(s1*k-z1,n)*inverse_mod(r1,n),n)
dA

#Compute private key from (r2,s2)
Mod(Mod(s2*k-z2,n)*inverse_mod(r2,n),n)