2010/1/3 Mike Hansen <mhan...@gmail.com>: > On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 11:22 PM, Robert Bradshaw > <rober...@math.washington.edu> wrote: >> It is sad we don't have a top-level sign function. > > We do, but it's called sgn. > > sage: sgn(3.0) > 1 > > --Mike
Was there a good reason for choosing the name 'sgn'? It sems a bit strange to me. Dave -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org