>> > However we can only extract explicit values here ...
>> > Even simplest constants are not supported yet:
>> >
>> >  RootOf(x**3-a, 1)
>>
>> Actually it works, you just need to be precise about the polynomial
>> you are working with (Poly(x**3-a, x))
>
>
> That only works because it can explicitly find the roots.  If it has to
> represent the roots symbolically, it can't do it, because algebraic
> functions are not yet supported in any way in the polys.  Try for example
> RootOf((Poly(x**5-a*x + b, x)), 0).

Sorry, I was unaware of this. I expected that it would return a RootOf
instance. Rather it raised "RootOf is not supported over ZZ[a,b]"

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