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 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
