On May 31, 2007, at 16:58 , Utpal Sarkar wrote:

>
> Ok, I'll just add to this thread whatever I come across.
>
> For the moment I think I found a small bug in hilbert_class_field.
> R.<X> = PolynomialRing(QQ)
> K.<u> = NumberField(X^2 + 5)
> L.<v> = K.hilbert_class_field()
> causes an error.
> However, when I create K explicitly as a quadratic field:
> K.<u> = QuadraticField(-5)
> L.<v> = K.hilbert_class_field()
> everything is ok.

I'm not sure this is a bug: the two functions are not quite the same,  
even though they have the same name.

Try "K.hilbert_class_field?" in each case to see what is expected.

There's an expression regarding consistency that I keep forgetting...

Justin

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