I don't know - looks like rounding errors, but it seems you are more interested in symbolic calculations. try:
z = I z^2 and z*z also read I? and ComplexField? h On Jan 4, 3:51 pm, mb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is the following a bug? > > sage: z=complex(0,1) > sage: z > 1j > sage: z*z > (-1+0j) > sage: z^2 > (1+1.967934973691981e-310j) > > --mb --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://sage.math.washington.edu/sage/ and http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
