[sage-support] On computing logarithm in a finite field

2010-03-05 Thread yujia chiu
Dear all, I tried to compute the logarithm of b based a in a finite field. But it seemed that the b.log(a) command in sage only works when a generates the multiplicative group of the finite field. Unfortunately, my a doesn't, although I already showed that b is indeed a power of a. Could you

[sage-support] Re: [sage-edu] interact - how to use loop for iteration to draw many inputbox

2010-03-05 Thread David Joyner
I don't know, but I'm ccing sage-support just in case someone there knows. On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 1:16 AM, marius_darie dariemar...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, How to use loop for iteration to draw many inputbox (interact). I do not want use input_grid because just one label is accepted for

Re: [sage-support] On computing logarithm in a finite field

2010-03-05 Thread David Joyner
Did you also try discrete_log(a,b)? On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 7:03 AM, yujia chiu woodc...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, I tried to compute the logarithm of b based a in a finite field. But it seemed that the b.log(a) command in sage only works when a generates the multiplicative group of the

[sage-support] Re: Why does my little program bring my department's server to its knees?

2010-03-05 Thread Simon King
Hi Marshall, On Mar 5, 1:32 am, Marshall Hampton hampto...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't made a ticket yet.  I forwarded it to sage-devel first, where more people with expertise will see it.  But as far as I know this was not a known problem and it should get a ticket. Done: I created a ticket

Re: [sage-support] On computing logarithm in a finite field

2010-03-05 Thread yujia chiu
Thanks for your advice, but my sage says that 'discrete_log' is not defined :( On 5 March 2010 13:21, David Joyner wdjoy...@gmail.com wrote: Did you also try discrete_log(a,b)? On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 7:03 AM, yujia chiu woodc...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, I tried to compute the

Re: [sage-support] On computing logarithm in a finite field

2010-03-05 Thread Minh Nguyen
Hi Yujia, On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:58 PM, yujia chiu woodc...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for your advice, but my sage says that 'discrete_log' is not defined [mv...@sage ~]$ sage -- | Sage Version 4.3.3, Release Date: 2010-02-21

Re: [sage-support] On computing logarithm in a finite field

2010-03-05 Thread yujia chiu
Dear Minh, Thanks a lot. On 5 March 2010 14:06, Minh Nguyen nguyenmi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Yujia, On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:58 PM, yujia chiu woodc...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for your advice, but my sage says that 'discrete_log' is not defined [mv...@sage ~]$ sage

[sage-support] Re: mismatched gfortran/gcc/g++ version

2010-03-05 Thread dmharvey
You should definitely get Arthur to install the right Fortran.   It's just asking for trouble to use the wrong version. ok, thanks I will do that. david -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

[sage-support] Jmol script terminates in Firefox

2010-03-05 Thread Dana Ernst
I'm running OSX 10.6 and every time I try to do a 3d plot in Firefox, the Jmol script terminates. This happens in my local Sage notebook and at sagenb.org. I'm not having this problem using Safari. Is this a problem on my end or a commonly occurring issue? As usual, thanks for the great

[sage-support] Documentation update request

2010-03-05 Thread Kevin Marinelli
On the web page http://wiki.sagemath.org/DownloadAndInstallationGuide, there is some slight misinformation for Macintosh computers which seems to be causing some people to have confusion about which version of Sage to install. If the Processor type is reported as Intel Core Duo, people should

Re: [sage-support] Documentation update request

2010-03-05 Thread Minh Nguyen
Hi Kevin, On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Kevin Marinelli marin...@math.uconn.edu wrote: On the web page http://wiki.sagemath.org/DownloadAndInstallationGuide, there is some slight misinformation for Macintosh computers which seems to be causing some people to have confusion about which

Re: [sage-support] Documentation update request

2010-03-05 Thread Kevin Marinelli
Thanks. I will do so. Kevin On Mar 5, 2010, at 7:35 PM, Minh Nguyen wrote: Hi Kevin, On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Kevin Marinelli marin...@math.uconn.edu wrote: On the web page http://wiki.sagemath.org/DownloadAndInstallationGuide, there is some slight misinformation for Macintosh

[sage-support] Docstring on adding a user

2010-03-05 Thread Kwankyu
Hi, The following is an excerpt from the docstring of notebook() about how to add a new user: accounts – boolean (default: False) if True, any visitor to the website will be able to create a new account. If False, only the admin can create accounts (currently, this can only be done by running

[sage-support] Re: mismatched gfortran/gcc/g++ version

2010-03-05 Thread David Kirkby
On Mar 5, 3:45 am, dmharvey dmhar...@cims.nyu.edu wrote: Hi, I get the following build failure for sage 4.3.2 on alhambra (a machine known to some people on this list): configure: Exiting since the Fortran compiler is not the same configure: error: version as the C and C++ compilers  

[sage-support] set_edge_label is setting labels on intended and unintended graph

2010-03-05 Thread m_p_v_13
set_edge_label is setting labels on intended and unintended graph I generate some graphs and set one's edge labels. When I look at the next genetated graph, it's edge labels have been changed. I'm new to Sage/python so perhaps I goofed, but I doubt it. Thanks for an explanation or workaround. I

Re: [sage-support] Docstring on adding a user

2010-03-05 Thread Dan Drake
On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 at 07:25PM -0800, Kwankyu wrote: The following is an excerpt from the docstring of notebook() about how to add a new user: accounts – boolean (default: False) if True, any visitor to the website will be able to create a new account. If False, only the admin can create