On Wednesday, September 4, 2024 at 1:41:30 PM UTC+9 Nils Bruin wrote: ... it may well depend on whether you're more algebraically or analytically oriented.
Yes. That may be a way to reconcile the conflicting views. We may explicitly introduce technical distinction of "analytical fields" and "algebraic fields". Analytical fields are : RR, RDF, RBF, ..., CC Algebraic fields are: AA, QQbar, GF, Qp, ... 1. For an element x in analytical field P, x^(1/n) returns the principal n-th root of x in P or in CC. 2. For an element x in algebraic field A, x^(1/n) returns an n-th root of x in A or raises an error if there is none. and we live happily ever after. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/4b7d00d3-da3e-442b-86cc-36017a3b133cn%40googlegroups.com.