We could easily change this so that we by default go ahead and coerce the log(10) to RR if its multiplied by something in RR. (so that we end up with a numeric result). This is probably a good idea.
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Robert Bradshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jun 1, 2008, at 2:13 AM, Martin Albrecht wrote: > >> >>> I didn't even know there was a log_b, so I would be *very* happy >>> to delete it. >>> >>> -- William >> >> They are not the same: >> >> sage: log_b(10,2) >> 3.32192809489 >> sage: log(10,2) >> log(10)/log(2) >> >> but log(10,2).n() is. > > I don't think we need a separate log_b command for that. However, > this has always annoyed me: > > sage: log(10.0,2) > 3.32192809488736 > sage: log(10,2.0) > 1.44269504088896*log(10) > > - Robert > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
