[sage-devel] Re: Quadratic Forms code

I agree with all that David said. As he mentioned ternary & quaternary forms, i.e. quadratic forms in more than 2 variables, I would also like to put in a vote for having binary quadratic forms over Z as a special case of a wider class of binary forms (of any degree). Some functions, such as the

[sage-devel] Re: Quadratic Forms code

On Sep 14, 2008, at 4:53 PM, William Stein wrote: > On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Justin Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] >> [2] I fussed over this while working on my patch, and finally decided >>to leave it alone. Is there any cause to be concerned about >> caching, >>by cod

[sage-devel] Re: Quadratic Forms code

On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Justin Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, all, > > I'm looking at the patches John mentioned in another thread > ( >). A couple of comments: > > 1) I'm removing Pari/Magma u