#16468: Assumption that all symbolic variables are non-zero.
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   Reporter:  anton_t    |            Owner:
       Type:  defect     |           Status:  new
   Priority:  major      |        Milestone:  sage-6.3
  Component:  misc       |         Keywords:  symbolic expressions
  Merged in:             |  simplification cancelation
  Reviewers:             |          Authors:
Work issues:             |  Report Upstream:  N/A
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   Stopgaps:             |     Dependencies:
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 Sage assumes all symbolic variables are non-zero at all times when doing
 automatic simplifications.

 For example:
 {{{
 sage: var('x')
 sage: sin(x)/sin(x)
 1
 }}}

 Or even more explicitly:

 {{{
 sage: var('x')
 x
 sage: assume(x==0)
 sage: bool(x==0)
 True
 sage: x/x
 1
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/16468>
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