On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Vinzent Steinberg <
vinzent.steinb...@googlemail.com> wrote:

>
>
>
> On 15 Jan., 13:42, fabian.seo...@gmail.com wrote:
> > From: Fabian Seoane <fab...@fseoane.net>
> >
> > This has been discussed on issue #1158.
> > ---
> >  sympy/polys/rootfinding.py           |   10 +++++-----
> >  sympy/polys/tests/test_polynomial.py |    5 +++--
> >  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/sympy/polys/rootfinding.py b/sympy/polys/rootfinding.py
> > index bf604ed..ddfbb48 100644
> > --- a/sympy/polys/rootfinding.py
> > +++ b/sympy/polys/rootfinding.py
> > @@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ def roots(f, *symbols, **flags):
> >
> >         Only roots expressible via radicals will be returned.  To get
> >         a complete set of roots use RootOf class or numerical methods
> > -       instead. By default cubic and quartic formulas aren't used in
> > -       the algorithm because of unreadable output. To enable them
> > -       set cubics=True or quartics=True respectively.
> > +       instead. By default cubic and quartic formulas are used in
> > +       the algorithm. To disaable them set cubics=False or
> quartics=False
>                                 ^ small typo
>
>
> > +       respectively (you will then probably only get rational roots).
>                                        ^ probably? I don't like this
> unclear formulation.


Yeah, me neither. I made a combined patch with your docstring

Thanks,

>
>
> >
> >         To get roots from a specific domain set the 'domain' flag with
> >         one of the following specifiers: Z, Q, R, I, C. By default all
> > @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ def roots(f, *symbols, **flags):
> >              elif n == 2:
> >                  zeros += roots_quadratic(g)
> >              elif n == 3:
> > -                if flags.get('cubics', False):
> > +                if flags.get('cubics', True):
> >                      # TODO: now we can used factor() not only
> >                      #       for cubic polynomials. See #1158
> >                      try:
> > @@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ def roots(f, *symbols, **flags):
> >                      except PolynomialError:
> >                          zeros += roots_cubic(g)
> >              elif n == 4:
> > -                if flags.get('quartics', False):
> > +                if flags.get('quartics', True):
> >                      zeros += roots_quartic(g)
> >
> >          return zeros
> > diff --git a/sympy/polys/tests/test_polynomial.py
> b/sympy/polys/tests/test_polynomial.py
> > index 3ea8643..1764626 100644
> > --- a/sympy/polys/tests/test_polynomial.py
> > +++ b/sympy/polys/tests/test_polynomial.py
> > @@ -995,6 +995,7 @@ def test_roots():
> >      assert roots(1, x) == {}
> >      assert roots(x, x) == {S.Zero: 1}
> >      assert roots(x**9, x) == {S.Zero: 9}
> > +    assert roots(((x-2)*(x+3)*(x-4)).expand(), x) == {-Integer(3): 1,
> Integer(2): 1, Integer(4): 1}
> >
> >      assert roots(2*x+1, x) == {-S.Half: 1}
> >      assert roots((2*x+1)**2, x) == {-S.Half: 2}
> > @@ -1084,11 +1085,11 @@ def test_roots():
> >          S.Half + S.Half*y - S.Half*(1 - 2*y + y**2 + 8*x**2)**S.Half: 1,
> >      }
> >
> > -    assert roots(x**3 + 2*x**2 + 4*x + 8, x) == {}
> > +    assert roots(x**3 + 2*x**2 + 4*x + 8, x) == {-Integer(2): 1, -2*I:
> 1, 2*I: 1}
> >      assert roots(x**3 + 2*x**2 + 4*x + 8, x, cubics=True) == \
> >          {-2*I: 1, 2*I: 1, -Integer(2): 1}
> >
> > -    assert roots(a*b*c*x**3 + 2*x**2 + 4*x + 8, x) == {}
> > +    assert roots(a*b*c*x**3 + 2*x**2 + 4*x + 8, x, cubics=False) == {}
> >      assert roots(a*b*c*x**3 + 2*x**2 + 4*x + 8, x, cubics=True) != {}
> >
> >      assert roots(x**4-1, x, domain='Z') == {S.One: 1, -S.One: 1}
> > --
> > 1.6.0.2
>
> Otherwise +1. Thank you!
>
>
> Vinzent
>
> >
>


-- 
Fabian, http://fseoane.net/blog/

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