I see. So the difference between this and, say, 1+1==2 (which returns True) is that 1+1 and 2 are numbers, not symbolic things.

Fernando

On 12/8/2021 3:37 PM, William Stein wrote:


On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 12:22 PM Fernando Q. Gouvea <fqgou...@colby.edu> wrote:

    Thank you, that works. What is strange is that this does not:

    sage: right=integrate(integrate(sin(x^2),y,0,x),x,0,1) sage:
    wrong=integrate(integrate(sin(x^2),x,y,1),y,0,1) sage:
    real(wrong)==right -1/2*cos(1) + 1/2 == -1/2*cos(1) + 1/2

    Is Sage seeing a difference there that I don't?


    I think I don't understand the difference between
    real(wrong)==right and bool(real(wrong)==right).

In Sage "[symbol thing] == [symbolic thing]" is a constructor for a symbolic equation.

sage: SR(2) == SR(2)
2 == 2
sage: parent(SR(2) == SR(2))
Symbolic Ring
sage: bool(SR(2) == SR(2))
True # only because Sage can *prove* they are equal -- it's false if it can't prove they are equal, even if they are equal...


https://cocalc.com/wstein/support/gouvea-equals


    Fernando

    On 12/8/2021 1:23 PM, William Stein wrote:
    You can compare the real and imaginary parts directly.

    https://cocalc.com/wstein/support/2021-12-08-gouvea

    sage: bool(wrong.real()==right)
    True
    sage: wrong.imag()
    0

    On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 10:07 AM Fernando Q. Gouvea
    <fqgou...@colby.edu> wrote:

        I was showing my students a famous calculus example of an
        integral that can be computed in one order of the variables
        but not in the other. Knowing that SageMath can compute
        anything, the students suggested trying the integral the
        "wrong" way.

        The "right" way is

        sage: integrate(integrate(sin(x^2),y,0,x),x,0,1)

        -1/2*cos(1) + 1/2

        The "wrong" way is

        sage: integrate(integrate(sin(x^2),x,y,1),y,0,1)
        -1/16*(-1)^(3/4)*((sqrt(2) + 4*(-1)^(1/4))*e^I - sqrt(-I)*((I
        + 1)*sqrt(2)*(-1)^(1/4)*e^(2*I) - (I +
        1)*sqrt(2)*(-1)^(1/4)*e^I) + I*sqrt(2)*e^I -
        2*(-1)^(1/4)*e^(2*I) - (I + 1)*sqrt(2) - 2*(-1)^(1/4))*e^(-I)

        Is there any way to get Sage to check that these are equal?

        The obvious thing does not seem to work:

        sage: -1/16*(-1)^(3/4)*((sqrt(2) + 4*(-1)^(1/4))*e^I -
        sqrt(-I)*((I + 1)*sqrt(2) ....: *(-1)^(1/4)*e^(2*I) - (I +
        1)*sqrt(2)*(-1)^(1/4)*e^I) + I*sqrt(2)*e^I - 2* ....:
        (-1)^(1/4)*e^(2*I) - (I + 1)*sqrt(2) - 2*(-1)^(1/4))*e^(-I)
        == -1/2*cos(1) ....: +1/2 -1/16*(-1)^(3/4)*((sqrt(2) +
        4*(-1)^(1/4))*e^I - sqrt(-I)*((I +
        1)*sqrt(2)*(-1)^(1/4)*e^(2*I) - (I +
        1)*sqrt(2)*(-1)^(1/4)*e^I) + I*sqrt(2)*e^I -
        2*(-1)^(1/4)*e^(2*I) - (I + 1)*sqrt(2) - 2*(-1)^(1/4))*e^(-I)
        == -1/2*cos(1) + 1/2

        Thanks,

        Fernando

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