On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 1:52 AM, Harald Schilly <harald.schi...@gmail.com>wrote:

>
> Hello, I got this one on the "report a problem" bugtracker in the
> notebook:
>
> In version 3.2.3:
> """
> I typed the following commands into sage notebook:
>
> R.<z> = QQ[]
> p = 1 + O(z)
> q = 1 + z
> p(q)
>
> After pressing shift + enter, the output is 1. However, in this case
> we should not be able to determine even the constant term of the
> resulting series. I think it is more appropriate if sage returns a
> warning or error message.
> """
>
> I think it's probably okay, but I'm not sure. Open for discussion!
>

Yes, this is a bug.  The result should be O(z^0), just as in the following
example:

sage: S.<z> = QQ[[]]
sage: p = 1 + z + O(z^2)
sage: q = 1 + z
sage: p(q)
O(z^0)

This is now trac #5367.

Best,
Alex


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