On Nov 19, 9:44 pm, Rolandb <rola...@planet.nl> wrote: > Hi. Look at: > > R.<A,B>=QQ[] > expr=(A,B) > (a,b)=sorted([abs(expr[n]([2,16])) for n in [0,1]]) > print a,b,a.gcd(b) > > I got: 2 16 1 > I expected: 2 16 2 > > Reason?
Because a and b are rational numbers here: they're elements of QQ. Type a.gcd? and hit return; it explains it in the docstring. If you want a gcd of 2, start off with sage: R.<A,B> = ZZ[] -- John -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
