On Apr 6, 2010, at 12:17 AM, Paul Zimmermann wrote:
If one wants to have the same answer as Python does (always
nonnegative),
then function math.fmod can be used. For example,
sage: from math import fmod
sage: fmod(6e-6,10e-6)
6.0002e-06
first Python does not always give a nonneg
> If one wants to have the same answer as Python does (always nonnegative),
> then function math.fmod can be used. For example,
> sage: from math import fmod
> sage: fmod(6e-6,10e-6)
> 6.0002e-06
first Python does not always give a nonnegative result:
>>> (6e-6) % (-10e-6)
-4.000
> >> sage
> >> Sage Version 4.3.5, Release Date:
> >> 2010-03-28
> >> sage: 1+1
> >> 2
> >> sage: 6e-6 % 10e-6
> >> -4.00e-6
> >>
> >> I'm sure sage is wrong.. :(
> >
> > They're both the same...
>
> No they aren't.
>
> If you type
>
> sage: s = 6e-6
> sage: s.__mod__??
>
> then you
On Apr 5, 2010, at 9:44 PM, William Stein wrote:
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Michael Welsh
wrote:
On 6/04/2010, at 3:56 PM, Eugene Goldberg wrote:
Hello!
Here is my pyhtons results:
python
Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Mar 23 2010, 04:49:54)
[GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright"
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Michael Welsh wrote:
>
> On 6/04/2010, at 3:56 PM, Eugene Goldberg wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> Here is my pyhtons results:
>>
>> python
>> Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Mar 23 2010, 04:49:54)
>> [GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for
On 6/04/2010, at 3:56 PM, Eugene Goldberg wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Here is my pyhtons results:
>
> python
> Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Mar 23 2010, 04:49:54)
> [GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
1+1
> 2
6e-6 % 10e-6
> 6.000
Hello!
Here is my pyhtons results:
python
Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Mar 23 2010, 04:49:54)
[GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 1+1
2
>>> 6e-6 % 10e-6
6.0002e-06
>>>
and here is sage:
./
sage
Sage Version 4.3.5, Release Dat
