In a ring of characteristic 0, it seems that 0^0 (= 1) is well-defined. In my view this is correct. It makes it much simpler to define the matrix (e.g. FF a finite field):
G = matrix([ [ a^i for a in FF ] for i in range(k) ]) However, in finite fields or any of the the following rings, 0^0 gives an error: FF.<w> = FiniteField(32) FF = FiniteField(31) PF.<x> = PolynomialRing(FF) The correct behaviour can be faked in an isomorphic ring which is a quotient of something in characteristic zero: PZ.<x> = PolynomialRing(ZZ) R = PZ.quotient_ring([x-1,31]) Here R(0)^0 (= 1) is fine. Is there any objection to reporting this as a bug and fixing it? --David -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
