[sage-support] Re: trouble starting Sage

2013-03-17 Thread P Purkayastha
On 03/18/2013 10:54 AM, Dima Pasechnik wrote: You should either build Sage from scratch, or use the virtualbox image. How would a virtualbox help here? Why not? It is a ready-made image. If you have the bandwidth and you don't want to compile Sage, then this would be the next best option IMHO

Re: [sage-support] Re: Can't get all the way to my worksheets in Sage Notebook

2013-03-17 Thread Ivan Andrus
On Mar 17, 2013, at 8:58 PM, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > On 2013-03-17, Edward Krugman wrote: >> --=_Part_1229_5787876.1363532607899 >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> On Saturday, March 16, 2013 10:27:07 AM UTC-4, Edward Krugman wrote: >>> >>> I access Sage Notebook through

Re: [sage-support] Re: trouble starting Sage

2013-03-17 Thread Ivan Andrus
On Mar 17, 2013, at 8:54 PM, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > On 2013-03-17, P Purkayastha wrote: >> On 03/16/2013 04:50 AM, Jack Love wrote: >>> Hello! >>> >>> I have tried downloading Sage to my laptop (MacBook Air, OS 10.7.5) two >>> ways: the ``app'' version and the ``not app'' version. >>> >>> The

[sage-support] Re: Can't get all the way to my worksheets in Sage Notebook

2013-03-17 Thread Dima Pasechnik
On 2013-03-17, Edward Krugman wrote: > --=_Part_1229_5787876.1363532607899 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > On Saturday, March 16, 2013 10:27:07 AM UTC-4, Edward Krugman wrote: >> >> I access Sage Notebook through Safari (MAC OSX 10.7.5). I get to my list >> of workshee

[sage-support] Re: trouble starting Sage

2013-03-17 Thread Dima Pasechnik
On 2013-03-17, P Purkayastha wrote: > On 03/16/2013 04:50 AM, Jack Love wrote: >> Hello! >> >> I have tried downloading Sage to my laptop (MacBook Air, OS 10.7.5) two >> ways: the ``app'' version and the ``not app'' version. >> >> The non app version gives me this in my terminal window: >> >> /Vol

[sage-support] Re: Can't get all the way to my worksheets in Sage Notebook

2013-03-17 Thread Edward Krugman
On Saturday, March 16, 2013 10:27:07 AM UTC-4, Edward Krugman wrote: > > I access Sage Notebook through Safari (MAC OSX 10.7.5). I get to my list > of worksheets, but going to a worksheet produces a blank screen. So does > an attempt to open a new worksheet. The address bar in Safari seems r

[sage-support] Re: Can't get all the way to my worksheets in Sage Notebook

2013-03-17 Thread Edward Krugman
Update: Later in the day I was able to get on; this morning I was again unable. So far as I can tell, there is no difference in actions or setup at my end. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. On Saturday, March 16, 2013 10:27:07 AM UTC-4, Edward Krugman wrote: > > I access Sag

[sage-support] Re: trouble starting Sage

2013-03-17 Thread P Purkayastha
On 03/16/2013 04:50 AM, Jack Love wrote: Hello! I have tried downloading Sage to my laptop (MacBook Air, OS 10.7.5) two ways: the ``app'' version and the ``not app'' version. The non app version gives me this in my terminal window: /Volumes/sage-5.7-OSX-64bit-10.8-x86_64-Darwin/sage/sage: line

[sage-support] trouble starting Sage

2013-03-17 Thread Jack Love
Hello! I have tried downloading Sage to my laptop (MacBook Air, OS 10.7.5) two ways: the ``app'' version and the ``not app'' version. The non app version gives me this in my terminal window: /Volumes/sage-5.7-OSX-64bit-10.8-x86_64-Darwin/sage/sage: line 135: 9263 Segmentation fault: 11 "$SAGE_

[sage-support] Can't get all the way to my worksheets in Sage Notebook

2013-03-17 Thread Edward Krugman
I access Sage Notebook through Safari (MAC OSX 10.7.5). I get to my list of worksheets, but going to a worksheet produces a blank screen. So does an attempt to open a new worksheet. The address bar in Safari seems right -- clicking on a worksheet gives . . . /#/. No change in my settings sin

Re: [sage-support] Inconsistency regarding QQ and ZZ?

2013-03-17 Thread Robert Bradshaw
The syntax "R. = QQ[]" creates a polynomial ring in two variables, with generators A and d (bound to the current session). A^d is not a polynomial in A and d over QQ. sage: R.=QQ[] sage: R Multivariate Polynomial Ring in A, d over Rational Field On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 12:51 AM, Rolandb wrote: >

[sage-support] Inconsistency regarding QQ and ZZ?

2013-03-17 Thread Rolandb
Hi, QQ[] is a field of rationals fractions and ZZ[] of integers. The following puzzles me: sage: R.=QQ[] sage: factor(A^d+2*A-3) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: non-integral exponents not supported sage: R.=ZZ[] sage: factor(A^d+2*A-3) Traceback (most recent call last): ... Type