On Jun 7, 2009, at 15:53 , amps wrote:
> > When I say that n is not predetermined, I mean that I want my script > to work for any n. So before I define the polynomial ring, n is > determined, but I want this to work for all n. So my question is how > do I do the following. > > n=6 > R=PolynomialRing(QQ,n,'z') > z=R.gens() > g=sum(z[i] for i in range(n)) > > now how would I substitute into g the values z[i]=i? I want to keep n > as a variable. I understand what you want to do, I think. If my reply to your last message doesn't answer your question, let us know. Justin -- Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon at Large Institute for the Absorption of Federal Funds ----------- I'm beginning to like the cut of his jibberish. ----------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---