On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 8:04:04 PM UTC, William wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 12:48 PM, Dima Pasechnik <dim...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > > > On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 3:06:28 PM UTC, Nils Bruin wrote: > >> > >> On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 5:49:24 AM UTC-7, Jeroen Demeyer wrote: > >>> > >>> I believe that this is simply https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/15600 > >>> > >>> The variable d lies in a number field of degree 32, which is rather > big > >>> to call polredbest() on. > >> > >> If the sage implementation ends up doing this then that's a good > >> indication that the approach described in: > >> > >> Allan K. Steel, Computing with algebraically closed fields, Journal of > >> Symbolic Computation, Volume 45, Issue 3, March 2010, Pages 342-372, > ISSN > >> 0747-7171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsc.2009.09.005. > >> > >> would really be much better. It would avoid any number field > computations. > >> If an embedding in CC or RR is required, it could be tracked with just > >> numerical information. > >> One would use finite fields to track identity. > >> If there's such a use for QQbar, it might be interesting to run a > project > >> in that direction. > >> > > this is about algebraically closed fields; IMHO real fields are harder. > > The original poster is asking only about basic arithmetic and equality > testing in AA. Since AA embeds as a subfield of QQbar, a solution to > these problems in QQbar automatically implies one in AA. > > Does taking square roots qualify as basic arithmetic?
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