Robert Bradshaw wrote: >> >> What i do understand is that for example elements in QQBar should be >> represented by symbols (sqrt(2) instead of a numerical value 1,... or >> pi instead of 3.14... ).
> > The problem is that most elements of QQBar can't be represented this > way, and even if they can be it's expensive. (Maybe a printing mode > would be good..., but "Root of x^5 - x - 1 closest to 1.18... + > 1.08...i" is pretty verbose). And pi can't be represented by QQbar at all! Jason -- Jason Grout --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---