## Stream: general

### Topic: my_polynomial performance

#### Reid Barton (Nov 17 2018 at 19:03):

I tried proving that the polynomial ring functor is left adjoint to the forgetful functor CommRing -> Set but I gave up because doing anything with mv_polynomial was so slow. @Kenny Lau you were having similar problems with mv_polynomial right?
I think something is wrong there, but I couldn't figure out what.

#### Kenny Lau (Nov 17 2018 at 19:07):

yes, something is wrong

#### Kenny Lau (Nov 17 2018 at 19:07):

@Mario Carneiro what do you think?

#### Mario Carneiro (Nov 17 2018 at 23:37):

I think something is wrong

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#### Mario Carneiro (Nov 17 2018 at 23:41):

my impression is that lean is having to solve enormous typeclass problems, I'm not sure if that's the whole problem

#### Kenny Lau (Nov 17 2018 at 23:42):

would you know specifically what is the problem with mv_polynomial and polynomial?

#### Mario Carneiro (Nov 17 2018 at 23:43):

if you look at the pp.all versions of any of the theorem statements, what looks like five tokens fills several pages

#### Kenny Lau (Nov 17 2018 at 23:44):

I don't think pp.all tells us all about the situation

#### Kenny Lau (Nov 17 2018 at 23:45):

but sure it tells us a lot

#### Mario Carneiro (Nov 17 2018 at 23:45):

yeah it doesn't know when to shut up

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