On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Dima Pasechnik <dimp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
>    sage: abs(M.determinant())
> Expected:
>    712483534798848
> Got:
>    7.12483534798848e14


I vaguely remember that M.det() is only well-defined up to sign.
You could rewrite the test to avoid abs, but I'm wondering if abs is the
reason scientific notation is used here. Do you know?


>
> I can use an if to fix the sign, but them I am afraid I miss some
> obvious
> better way...
>
> Thanks,
> Dima
>
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