#18585: Comparison of sparse polynomials
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Reporter: bruno | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: needs_review
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-6.9
Component: commutative | Resolution:
algebra | Merged in:
Keywords: polynomials | Reviewers: Vincent Delecroix
Authors: Bruno Grenet | Work issues:
Report Upstream: N/A | Commit:
Branch: | 3121374eed7b683bd135e9ec5086aac03c4c8eb5
u/bruno/compare_sparse_polynomials | Stopgaps:
Dependencies: |
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Comment (by bruno):
Replying to [comment:14 vdelecroix]:
> In
> {{{
> if c > 0:
> c1 = cmp(d1[k1], 0)
> if c1: return c1
> }}}
> Isn't `c1` automatically nonzero? Could there be some zero coefficients
in the dictionary?
{{{
sage: R.<x> = PolynomialRing(ZZ, sparse=True)
sage: p = R({0:1, 1:0, 2:1}, check=False)
sage: p
x^2 + 1
sage: p.dict()
{0: 1, 1: 0, 2: 1}
}}}
I doubt this happens often in practice, but since this is possible, I am
quite reluctant to remove the test.
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