#6337: bug in jordan_form over symbolic ring
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       Reporter:  was       |        Owner:  was
           Type:  defect    |       Status:  needs_review
       Priority:  major     |    Milestone:  sage-duplicate/invalid/wontfix
      Component:  linear    |   Resolution:
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Comment (by vdelecroix):

 Replying to [comment:1 mhampton]:
 > Things are failing early on, with the roots command.  E.g.:
 >
 > sage: var('a, d')
 > sage: ((d - x)*(a - x)).roots()
 > [(x, 1)]

 What is failing here? In order to get the expected answer you need of
 course to specify the variable
 {{{
 sage: var('a d')
 (a, d)
 sage:  ((d - x)*(a - x)).roots()
 [(x, 1)]
 sage:  ((d - x)*(a - x)).roots(x)
 [(d, 1), (a, 1)]
 sage:  ((d - x)**2).roots()
 [(x, 2)]
 }}}

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