On Tuesday, 14 January 2014 17:21:41 UTC+1, rjf wrote: > > Division with remainder is available in Maxima as the command divide. > e.g. divide(a, x-4,x) returns the pair, x-1 and 2 for > quotient and remainder. > LCM is available in Maxima as lcm. It probably has the semantics you > expect. > > If you want a tableau displaying the steps in polynomial long division, > or synthetic division (?) then > Divide() won't satisfy your request. > >
This wasn't what was being asked, but the syntax for doing this in sage is: sage: a.quo_rem(x-4) (x - 1, 2) A. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
