#12404: is_squarefree() incorrect over imperfect fields
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       Reporter:  saraedum                                     |         Owner: 
 malb                                              
           Type:  defect                                       |        Status: 
 needs_review                                      
       Priority:  minor                                        |     Milestone: 
                                                   
      Component:  commutative algebra                          |    Resolution: 
                                                   
       Keywords:  sd40.5                                       |   Work issues: 
 coherence with squarefree_decomposition, fix error
Report Upstream:  Not yet reported upstream; Will do shortly.  |     Reviewers: 
 Paul Zimmermann                                   
        Authors:  Julian Rueth                                 |     Merged in: 
                                                   
   Dependencies:  #9054, #12988                                |      Stopgaps: 
                                                   
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Changes (by saraedum):

  * status:  needs_info => needs_review


Old description:

> The method {{{is_squarefree()}}} is incorrect for polynomials over
> function fields over finite fields:
>
> {{{
> sage: K.<x> = FunctionField(GF(3))
> sage: R.<T> = K[]
> sage: f=T^3-x
> sage: f.factor(proof=False)
> T^3 + 2*x
> sage: f.is_squarefree()
> False
> }}}

New description:

 The method {{{is_squarefree()}}} is incorrect for polynomials over
 function fields over finite fields:

 {{{
 sage: K.<x> = FunctionField(GF(3))
 sage: R.<T> = K[]
 sage: f=T^3-x
 sage: f.factor(proof=False)
 T^3 + 2*x
 sage: f.is_squarefree()
 False
 }}}

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 Apply:

 1. [[attachment:trac_12404.patch]]
 1. [[attachment:trac_12404_warning.patch]]

 to the sage library.

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Comment:

 I made a few docstring changes in the latest patch.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/12404#comment:13>
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