On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Stefan Boettner <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to factor multivariate polynomials that have parameters
> in the coefficient field, for example:
>
> K.<a>=PolynomialRing(QQ,1)
> K=FractionField(K)
> R.<x,y>=PolynomialRing(K,2)
>
> Now I would like to factor elements in R, such as x^2-m^2*y^2, which
> actually works. However, when I ask to have "more trivial" elements
> such as x or 1 factored, it fails with a NotImplementedError (for x)
> or IndexError ("list index out of range" for 1). What's wrong?

Please give the simplest explicit example that raise IndexError, as
that might be a bug. Regarding NotImplementedError, it means what it
sounds like -- the capability you want isn't
implemented.    That said, can't you just factor over a polynomial
ring in x,y,a?

 -- William

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