[sage-support] Strange behaviour for two similar functions

2013-06-07 Thread B. Zhang
Hi, How to explain the difference between these two similar functions ? Thansk. = Test 1 F = [1,2,3] def test1(F): F[0] = 0 F[1] = 0 F[2] = 0 print F test1(F); F [0, 0, 0] [0, 0, 0] === Test 2 === F = [1,2,3] def test2(F): F = [0,0,0] test2(F); F [0,

Re: [sage-support] Strange behaviour for two similar functions

2013-06-07 Thread John Cremona
I think you need to read a python intro to see the difference between mutable / immutable lists and similar. This is a python question, not really a Sage question. John Cremona On 7 June 2013 09:24, B. Zhang yangtz...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, How to explain the difference between these two

Re: [sage-support] Strange behaviour for two similar functions

2013-06-07 Thread Christophe BAL
+1 2013/6/7 John Cremona john.crem...@gmail.com I think you need to read a python intro to see the difference between mutable / immutable lists and similar. This is a python question, not really a Sage question. John Cremona On 7 June 2013 09:24, B. Zhang yangtz...@gmail.com wrote:

[sage-support] Re: Strange behaviour for two similar functions

2013-06-07 Thread B. Zhang
OK. Thanks. On Friday, June 7, 2013 10:24:25 AM UTC+2, B. Zhang wrote: Hi, How to explain the difference between these two similar functions ? Thansk. = Test 1 F = [1,2,3] def test1(F): F[0] = 0 F[1] = 0 F[2] = 0 print F test1(F); F [0, 0, 0] [0, 0,

[sage-support] multiple instances of sage -notebook

2013-06-07 Thread Ursula Whitcher
Short version of my question: What is supposed to happen when different users simultaneously invoke ./sage -notebook for the same installation of Sage? Long version: I have a small research group this summer, consisting of myself and two undergraduate students. We don't need to engage in

Re: [sage-support] multiple instances of sage -notebook

2013-06-07 Thread William Stein
On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Ursula Whitcher whitc...@uwec.edu wrote: Short version of my question: What is supposed to happen when different users simultaneously invoke ./sage -notebook for the same installation of Sage? Long version: I have a small research group this summer,

Re: [sage-support] multiple instances of sage -notebook

2013-06-07 Thread John Cremona
On 7 June 2013 18:18, William Stein wst...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Ursula Whitcher whitc...@uwec.edu wrote: Short version of my question: What is supposed to happen when different users simultaneously invoke ./sage -notebook for the same installation of Sage? Long

[sage-support] Can Sage do high-precision polynomial integration?

2013-06-07 Thread Zimmermann Paul
you can also use Pari/GP and mpmath from Sage. See pages 312-314 of http://sagebook.gforge.inria.fr/. Paul Zimmermann -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups sage-support group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email