> Symbolic Ring
> sage: SR(1) > SR(2)
> 1 > 2
> because it returns:
> sage: x > 2
> x > 2
> if x is symbolic.

Right. And of course it doesn't say whether that is true or false. 
That's just an expression. Only when one asks to transform that into a 
boolean value, computation is started.

Challenge: What truth value would one expect for sqrt(-1) > 1?

It all depends on where one lives. No?

Ralf

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