[sage-support] Re: confusing output? latex(7-(-1)^(1/3))

2009-01-18 Thread Robert Dodier
William Stein wrote: sage: a = 7-(-1)^(1/3) sage: latex(a._maxima_()) 7-\left(-1\right)^{{{1}\over{3}}} Don't use maxima(a), since then you'll get a in a session of maxima that has different defaults than the calculus module uses, in particular, roots are always assumed real, which may be

[sage-support] Re: confusing output? latex(7-(-1)^(1/3))

2009-01-18 Thread William Stein
On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Robert Dodier robert.dod...@gmail.com wrote: William Stein wrote: sage: a = 7-(-1)^(1/3) sage: latex(a._maxima_()) 7-\left(-1\right)^{{{1}\over{3}}} Don't use maxima(a), since then you'll get a in a session of maxima that has different defaults than the

[sage-support] Re: confusing output? latex(7-(-1)^(1/3))

2009-01-17 Thread William Stein
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 8:22 AM, ma...@mendelu.cz ma...@mendelu.cz wrote: Hello all The command latex(7-(-1)^(1/3)) produces 7 - {-1}^{\frac{1}{3}} Is it possible to change it into 7 - \left(-1\right)^{\frac{1}{3}} Which function should be redefined to gain this behavior? I think that

[sage-support] Re: confusing output? latex(7-(-1)^(1/3))

2009-01-17 Thread Mike Hansen
Hello, On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 1:25 PM, William Stein wst...@gmail.com wrote: This bug that you reported is now http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/5004 I've posted a patch there which should take care of the issue. --Mike --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To

[sage-support] Re: confusing output? latex(7-(-1)^(1/3))

2009-01-17 Thread William Stein
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Mike Hansen mhan...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 1:25 PM, William Stein wst...@gmail.com wrote: This bug that you reported is now http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/5004 I've posted a patch there which should take care of the

[sage-support] Re: confusing output? latex(7-(-1)^(1/3))

2009-01-17 Thread Jason Grout
William Stein wrote: This bug that you reported is now http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/5004 This bug came up a while ago on the mailing list and already had a trac ticket: http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/4548 I guess it's a dup now, since 5004 has the patch.

[sage-support] Re: confusing output? latex(7-(-1)^(1/3))

2009-01-17 Thread William Stein
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Jason Grout jason-s...@creativetrax.com wrote: William Stein wrote: This bug that you reported is now http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/5004 This bug came up a while ago on the mailing list and already had a trac ticket:

[sage-support] Re: confusing output? latex(7-(-1)^(1/3))

2009-01-17 Thread Robert Bradshaw
On Jan 17, 2009, at 4:00 PM, William Stein wrote: On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Jason Grout jason-s...@creativetrax.com wrote: William Stein wrote: This bug that you reported is now http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/5004 This bug came up a while ago on the mailing list