I just get: 1.05409255339e+154 when I input your example. -M. Hampton
On Oct 10, 5:24 pm, john_perry_usm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sure. This fails in exactly the fashion I mean: > sage: > round(sqrt(111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111)) > > I made this example up, but it gives you an idea of what I'm working > with. > > On Oct 10, 3:38 pm, "Mike Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi John, > > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 10:36 PM, john_perry_usm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm working with a biologist on some data, and having trouble getting > > > SAGE to solve quadratic polynomials with complicated coefficients. > > > Using solve() returns nothing even when there is a solution, perhaps > > > because sqrt() returns a "math range error". > > > > Does anyone have any advice on how to get around this? > > > Are you able to post a snippet of code to reproduce the problem? That > > would help a lot in trying to figure out what is going on. > > > --Mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
