Hi Dima,
On 5 Sep., 13:12, Dima Pasechnik <dimp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> x if n==1...
Oops...
> To be precise, I can propose that
> x^0 should be 1, (and not int(1)), then
> x^n := x*x^{n-1} for n>0,
> and then multiplication result will a Sage Integer.
Right, that would be sound.
> sage: int(3)^-3
> 0.037037037037037035
> sage: type(int(3)^-3)
> <type 'float'>
> sage: int(3)^QQ(-3)
> 1/27
> sage: type(int(3)^QQ(-3))
> <type 'sage.rings.rational.Rational'>
That is certainly inconsistent. So, there IS a bug.
> This is very weird, to see this happening.
Agreed.
Best regards,
Simon
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