On Oct 16, 8:32 pm, "didier deshommes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2007/10/16, Steffen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi didier, > > > the implementation does not return a polynomial of a total degree of > > at most 4, but a polynomial of total degree of at most 4/2 = 2 in x > > and in y. If I change the total degree to 5, nothing happens, since > > 5/2 = 2. This might be a bug in the implementation. However I am happy > > with this behaviour and maybe there should be the option for choosing > > the total degree or the degree in every variable. > > For total degree, I'm using the definition > here:http://planetmath.org/encyclopedia/OrderAndDegreeOfPolynomial.html > > So I am not concerned about individual degrees at all.
Given this definition (which I agree is correct), I would expect that if I ask for a total degree of 4, I would sometimes see monomials like x^4 or x*y^3. I think the lack of these monomials is what surprises (and, coincidentally, pleases) Steffen. Carl --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
