PPS: On 10 Feb., 08:34, Simon King <simon.k...@uni-jena.de> wrote: > ... > But I think the problem here is not coercion but the "right" (or at > least reasonable) choice of a definition. What would textbooks say?
I should add: I do believe that the choice is already made and the choice is fine (see Tim's and William's posts above). Only, lcm(2/1,4) should not raise an error but use coercion (similar to what gcd(2/1,4) does). Best regards, Simon -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org