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In recent years there has been increased use of machine learning (ML) techniques within mathematics, including symbolic computation where it may be applied safely to optimise or select algorithms. This paper explores whether using explainable AI (XAI) techniques on such ML models can offer new insight for symbolic computation, inspiring new implementations within computer algebra systems that do not directly call upon AI tools. We present a case study on the use of ML to select the variable ordering for cylindrical algebraic decomposition. It has already been demonstrated that ML can make the choice well, but here we show how the SHAP tool for explainability can be used to inform new heuristics of a size and complexity similar to those human-designed heuristics currently commonly used in symbolic computation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We develop the first algorithm for computing rational solutions of scalar integro-differential equations with polynomial coefficients. It starts by finding the possible poles of a rational solution. Then, bounding the order of each pole and solving an algebraic linear system, we compute the singular part of rational solutions at each possible pole. Finally, using partial fraction decomposition, the polynomial part of rational solutions is obtained by computing polynomial solutions of a non-homogeneous scalar integro-differential equation with a polynomial right-hand side. The paper is illustrated by examples where the computations are done with our Maple implementation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The efficient evaluation of multivariate polynomials at many points is an important operation for polynomial system solving. Kedlaya and Umans have recently devised a theoretically efficient algorithm for this task when the coefficients are integers or when they lie in a finite field. In this paper, we assume that the set of points where we need to evaluate is fixed and "sufficiently generic". Under these restrictions, we present a quasi-optimal algorithm for multi-point evaluation over general fields. We also present a quasi-optimal algorithm for the opposite interpolation task. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]