Then it will be much simpler to adapt. Could you update the
specification of the function in the FLINT documentation then?

Vincent

2015-01-27 16:51 UTC+01:00, Bill Hart <[email protected]>:
> I remember the problem now.
>
> resultant(R(2), R(2)) = 1
>
> since it is an empty product.
>
> But there is no Z-linear combination of R(2) and R(2) which gives 1. So the
>
> input has to be disallowed.
>
> It's only a problem for constant polynomial inputs that are not coprime (as
>
> elements of Z) though. For higher degrees there are powers of the contents
> that the polynomials can be multiplied by that will work.
>
> On Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:28:46 UTC+1, Bill Hart wrote:
>>
>> For the time being I'm just going to modify Nemo. It would probably be
>> inefficient to do anything else.
>>
>> On Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:22:39 UTC+1, vdelecroix wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Bill,
>>>
>>> 2015-01-27 16:16 UTC+01:00, Bill Hart <[email protected]>:
>>> > This turns out not to be a bug.
>>> >
>>> > The documentation requires that the inputs be primitive, which in the
>>> > example given, they aren't. The function does work if passed the
>>> > polynomials R(1) and R(1).
>>>
>>> I see. Thanks I will update the trac ticket and the way we use the
>>> function.
>>>
>>> > However, this bug also exists in Nemo. So thanks for pointing it out. I
>>> >
>>> can
>>> >
>>> > fix that, at least.
>>>
>>> Do you mean that you will change the specification of the FLINT
>>> function or that you will only modify Nemo ?
>>>
>>> Vincent
>>>
>>
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