Ah, I see what you mean.  If that's the case then I understand.  How does 
one find out if this is true?

On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 7:46:21 AM UTC-5, Jori Mantysalo wrote:
>
> On Wed, 12 Feb 2014, [email protected] <javascript:> wrote: 
>
> > I don't understand what you mean.  The real and complex fields are 
> loaded 
> > upon start up. It seems as though time testing that if the user wishes 
> to 
> > compute gamma(x) for real x, he would achieve a faster result by 
> changing x 
> > into a complex number and then computing gamma(x). 
>
> Fields are, but how about pari? I think that 
>
> gamma(3.14159) 
>
> actually means something like 
>
> load_to_memory(mpfr) 
> mpfr.gamma(3.14159) 
>
> and 
>
> gamma(3.14159+2.71828*I) 
>
> means 
>
> load_to_memory(pari) 
> pari.gamma(3.14159+2.71828*I) 
>
> And if we have old server and 20 students using Sage, it may mean 
> something more than just waiting for few hunder milliseconds. 
>
> -- 
> Jori Mäntysalo 
>

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