On Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 1:24:23 PM UTC+2, tdumont wrote: > > Why is xxc in Symbolic Ring and not in Algebraic Field? > mxx and xxc are essentialy the same thing, no ? > > When you input sqrt(2) it is not clear which object you want, Sage traditionally decides in favor of a symbolic. If you specifically need the number field element you must say so with
sage: K.<sqrt2> = QuadraticField(2) sage: sqrt2^5 4*sqrt2 That said, I think the sqrt function of Rational (which is called here) could be enhanced with an option to return a number field element for convenience. Regards, -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
