On Mar 26, 2007, at 3:57 PM, Timothy Clemans wrote:

>
> Apparently I was incorrectly defining x as an integer, however, I did
> not get an error the first I tried.
>
> incorrect way: x = PolynomialRing(ZZ)
> correct way: g.<x> = PolynomialRing(ZZ)
>
> The len method works now. Thanks.

Be careful though:

sage: R.<x> = PolynomialRing(ZZ)

sage: f = 2*x^2 + 4*x + 8

sage: f.factor()
2 * (x^2 + 2*x + 4)

sage: len(f.factor())
2

David


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