On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 08:47:40PM +0000, Simon King wrote:
> > How should I fix this?
> 
> By providing a starting point for the summation:
>   sage: sum([myElement]).parent()
>   ModularFormsRing(n=3) over Integer Ring
>   sage: myElement.parent()
>   ModularForms(n=3, k=4, ep=1) over Integer Ring
>   sage: sum([myElement], myElement.parent().zero()).parent()
>   ModularForms(n=3, k=4, ep=1) over Integer Ring

Alternatively, you can use the form:

        parent.sum(elements)

whose role is precisely to use the zero of the parent just when needed
(that is if the list is empty).

Cheers,
                                Nicolas
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http://Nicolas.Thiery.name/

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