On Mar 16, 2:37 am, "didier deshommes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mar 16, 2:23 am, "Nick Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Is this because of precision issues? In that case, I still think this
> > should return [(1.0000..., 1), (1.0000...., 1)] and be documented as
> > such.
>
> > sage: (CC(1)*(x-1)**2).roots()
> > [1.00000000000000, 1.00000000000000]
>
> > sage: ((x-1)**2).roots()
> > [(1, 2)]
>
> 2 here refers to multiplicity. The result of roots() are fine, it's
> the behavior accross fields that is inconsistent.
In other words, I am agreeing with you :)
didier
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