#18215: Huge speed up for hash of quadratic number field elements
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       Reporter:  vdelecroix         |        Owner:
           Type:  enhancement        |       Status:  needs_review
       Priority:  major              |    Milestone:  sage-6.7
      Component:  number fields      |   Resolution:
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        Authors:  Vincent Delecroix  |    Reviewers:
Report Upstream:  N/A                |  Work issues:
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  u/vdelecroix/18215                 |  3ec20b4245a23f27931b00e54256743709e38e18
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Comment (by vdelecroix):

 Replying to [comment:8 ncohen]:
 > Hello,
 >
 > Can you tell where this `42082631` comes from?

 This is to avoid conflicts for small values of `a` and `b`. It avoids
 conflicts between `a=1, b=-1` and `a=b=0`.

 > Also, is it true that `mpz_pythonhash(self.b)` is zero when `self.b` is
 0 ?

 Yes. This is the same algorithm as Python hash for `int/long`.

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