another failed attempt to compute a resultant, that doesn't involve any quotient fields:
sage: R.<z,p,e,d,f,g,h,r,l,m>=QQ[] sage: F = i*m*z^14 + (d+g)*z^13 + i*(f-p)*z^12 + e*z^11 + i*f*z^10 + (e-g)*z^9 + i*(m+p)*z^8 + 2*d*z^7 - i*(m+p)*z^6 + (e-g)*z^5 -i*f*z^4 + e*z^3 - i*(f-p)*z^2 + (d+g)*z - i*m sage: G = d*z^16 - (l+i*p)*z^15 + (e+i*h)*z^14 - r*z^13 + e*z^12 - (r - i*p)*z^11 + (d-i*h)*z^10 - l*z^9 + l*z^7 - (d + i*h)*z^6 + (r+i*p) *z^5 - e*z^4 + r*z^3 - (e-i*h)*z^2 + (l-i*p)*z -d sage: F.resultant(G) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- AttributeError Traceback (most recent call last) /Users/beeson/<ipython console> in <module>() AttributeError: 'sage.symbolic.expression.Expression' object has no attribute 'resultant' and I get the same result with "CC" in place of "QQ" -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org