Re: [sage-support] 3D plots fail using VirtualBox Sage 4.21 on old XP computer

2009-12-04 Thread Bill Page
As reported here in other threads it seems that jmol-based 3-graphics fails in FireFox under Windows XP. I am not sure if it is all configurations anv versions or only some but I do have one laptop running Windows XP and the most recent version of FireFox and this still fails with the newest

[sage-support] Re: noncommutative polynomials and free differential calculus

2009-08-17 Thread Bill Page
know. In any case, XPOLY might serve as a starting point for something similar in Sage. Regards, Bill Page. On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Nicholas Jacksonnicholas.jack...@warwick.ac.uk wrote: I'm trying to use SnapPy [1] to calculate Alexander polynomials of knot complements.  SnapPy (which

[sage-support] Re: Handling Axiom crashes in Sage

2009-07-24 Thread Bill Page
that. Regards, Bill Page. On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 10:43 AM, William Steinwst...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Martin Rubeymartin.ru...@math.uni-hannover.de wrote: If you are running longer jobs with fricas, you should consider switching to a faster lisp implementation

[sage-support] Re: Handling Axiom crashes in Sage

2009-07-23 Thread Bill Page
to reproduce the problem. Regards, Bill Page. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http

[sage-support] Re: Is it possible to replace the list built-in type in Sage?

2009-07-14 Thread Bill Page
[ x ] No, I can read the above just fine. It is crystal clear. ... but of course unnecessarily verbose. In my opinion a more common notation in Sage: sage: x=2*vector(range(10))+vector(10*[3]) sage: list_plot(map(lambda a:[cos(a),sin(a)],x/max(x))) is superior to Mathematica. On Tue, Jul

[sage-support] Re: Is it possible to replace the list built-in type in Sage?

2009-07-14 Thread Bill Page
[ x ] No, I can read the above just fine. It is crystal clear. ... but of course unnecessarily verbose. In my opinion a more common notation in Sage: sage: x=2*vector(range(10))+vector(10*[3]) sage: list_plot(map(lambda a:[cos(a),sin(a)],x/max(x))) is superior to Mathematica. On Tue, Jul

[sage-support] Re: cube roots

2009-05-14 Thread Bill Page
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 1:56 AM, Robert Bradshaw wrote: On May 13, 2009, at 9:11 PM, Bill Page wrote: On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:54 PM, Robert Bradshaw wrote: This is because the branch in which the positive real root is real is taken. We're opting for continuity and consistency

[sage-support] Re: cube roots

2009-05-14 Thread Bill Page
obvious way. Regards, Bill Page. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http

[sage-support] Re: cube roots

2009-05-14 Thread Bill Page
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Jason Grout wrote: Bill Page wrote: Consider the problem to define   f(x) = x^(1/3) so that it takes the real branch for x 0.  The best I have been able to come up with so far is: sage: f = lambda x: RealField(53)(x).sign()*(RealField(53)(x).sign()*x

[sage-support] Re: cube roots

2009-05-14 Thread Bill Page
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Jason Grout wrote: Bill Page wrote: Ok thanks. I recall the discussion and I can indeed write: sage: f=lambda x:RR(x).nth_root(3) sage: f(-2.0) -1.25992104989487 but I think I'll let my earlier comment stand: I think there should be a more obvious way

[sage-support] cube roots

2009-05-13 Thread Bill Page
Can someone explain this apparently inconsistent result? -- | Sage Version 3.4, Release Date: 2009-03-11 | | Type notebook() for the GUI, and license() for information.|

[sage-support] Re: cube roots

2009-05-13 Thread Bill Page
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Mike Hansen wrote: On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Bill Page wrote: Can someone explain this apparently inconsistent result? It's just operator precedence: sage: -(2.0^(1/3)) -1.25992104989487 sage: (-2.0)^(1/3) 0.629960524947437 + 1.09112363597172*I

[sage-support] Re: cube roots

2009-05-13 Thread Bill Page
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Alex Ghitza wrote: On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Bill Page wrote: On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Mike Hansen wrote: On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Bill Page wrote: Can someone explain this apparently inconsistent result? It's just operator

[sage-support] Re: cube roots

2009-05-13 Thread Bill Page
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:54 PM, Robert Bradshaw wrote: This is because the branch in which the positive real root is real is taken. We're opting for continuity and consistency with complex numbers. If I wrote: sage: ComplexField(53)(-2.0)^(1/3) 0.629960524947437 + 1.09112363597172*I that

[sage-support] Re: Public SAGE servers at SSCC

2007-02-07 Thread Bill Page
administration to add an alias for you? Regards, Bill Page. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com