We present a Sage implementation of Ore algebras. The main features for the most common instances include basic arithmetic and actions; gcrd and lclm; D-finite closure properties; natural transformations between related algebras; guessing; desingular
ization; solvers for polynomials, rational functions and (generalized) power series. This paper is a tutorial on how to use the package.
Desingularization is the problem of finding a left multiple of a given Ore operator in which some factor of the leading coefficient of the original operator is removed. An order-degree curve for a given Ore operator is a curve in the $(r,d)$-plane su
ch that for all points $(r,d)$ above this curve, there exists a left multiple of order $r$ and degree $d$ of the given operator. We give a new proof of a desingularization result by Abramov and van Hoeij for the shift case, and show how desingularization implies order-degree curves which are extremely accurate in examples.
