On 04/26/2010 02:48 PM, Gonzalo Tornaria wrote:
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 4:26 PM, John Cremona<john.crem...@gmail.com> wrote:
In number theory it is very useful to have this norm-alisation, as
well as the square root one also called abs. It's a special case of
the algebraic concept of norm(a) = product of conjugates of a.
And the determinant of the action of a on C (as an R-vector space of
dimension 2) by complex multiplication.
I figured there were good mathematical reasons---I just wanted to know
how to address the issue if it came up in conversation or teaching.
I'll leave the inconsistencies/bugs noted elsewhere in this thread to
someone else to file a trac ticket or track them down.
Thanks,
Jason
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