If I make a polynomial ring using sage: b = PolynomialRing(ZZ, 'x')
I get some odd behavior. Namely, sage: bool(b(x)==x) True sage: b(x) x sage: type(b(x)) <something about element of the ring> sage: type(x) <symbolic expression> This isn't really that odd, but still I don't know whether it is good that one can still use x as a symbolic variable. Probably this was a design decision. Anyway, what I really don't like is when you make sage: a = FractionField(PolynomialRing(ZZ, 'x')) sage: a(1/x) <weird error that seems to imply it has not coerced x to the polynomial ring> Did I do something wrong, or is this a bug? Because of the initial behavior, maybe I shouldn't expect to be able to do this. Thanks, - kcrisman -- 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 URL: http://www.sagemath.org
