On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 20:34:58 -0800, Nick Alexander <ncalexan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > sage: d = M.determinant() > > sage: d.norm().abs() # take norm to get an integer > > 712483534798848 > > I thought of this as well, but it could be wrong since there might be > an element of the appropriate norm in the cyclotomic field that is > erroneously returned! I suggest QQ(d).abs() :)
Good point. I like QQ(d).abs(). Alex -- Alex Ghitza -- Lecturer in Mathematics -- The University of Melbourne -- Australia -- http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~aghitza/ -- 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
