And more precisely a lack of simplification at some point

sage: w[0].denominator()
2
sage: z[0].denominator()
4

2014-10-04 19:57 UTC+02:00, Vincent Delecroix <[email protected]>:
> Hello Nathann,
>
> Seems to be the comparison in the number field...
>
> sage: z[0]
> -1/2
> sage: w[0]
> -1/2
> sage: z[0] == w[0]
> False
> sage: z[0].parent()
> Number Field in a with defining polynomial x^3 + x - 1
> sage: w[0].parent()
> Number Field in a with defining polynomial x^3 + x - 1
>
> Vincent
>
> 2014-10-04 19:44 UTC+02:00, Nathan Dunfield <[email protected]>:
>> There's something wrong with comparison operators for elements of
>> QuaternionAlgebras defined over a number field.  Here's a simple example,
>> where first it gives the wrong answer and then, after doing some
>> arithmetic
>>
>> with the elements, a mix of right and wrong answers:
>>
>> sage: K = NumberField(x**3 + x - 1, 'a')
>> sage: D.<i,j,k> = QuaternionAlgebra(K, -1, -3)
>> sage: x = (i + j)/K(2)
>> sage: z =  (-1 + (i + j) + k)/K(2)  - x
>> sage: w = i * x
>> sage: w, z
>> (-1/2 + 1/2*k, -1/2 + 1/2*k)
>> sage: w == z
>> False
>> sage: z == w
>> False
>> sage: z - w
>> 0
>> sage: z == w, w == w, z-w == 0
>> (True, True, False)
>>
>> I looked in trac, but I didn't see this.  Is this issue already known,
>> and,
>>
>> if so, is there a simple work-around?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Nathan
>>
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