On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 10:38 AM Rob H. wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> So I was surprised to find out that asking if a polynomial is > 0 doesn't
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many Sage objects compare in a totally non-mathematical way, just to
be able to sort them.
Polynomials are no exception.
One day we
Hi all,
So I was surprised to find out that asking if a polynomial is > 0 doesn't
raise an error. Now, maybe there's a good reason why it returns True and
I'm too tired to think about why. At the very least, here is some
disturbing behaviour.
sage: R. = PolynomialRing(QQ)
sage: x > x-1
True