On Mar 15, 11:53 pm, "didier  deshommes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 :)

Do you agree that the current behaviour is brain-dead?  'cuz I'll
patch it!

Nick


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