Thanks, Volker. I must say I find the K.<x> syntax makes me feel a bit uneasy. Is there a way to do
sage: x = polygen(QQ) sage: K.<x> = NumberField(x^2 + x - 1/2, embedding=0.366) in straight Python? On 28 July 2013 04:13, Volker Braun <vbraun.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > The K.<> = ... syntax injects a names=(...) keyword argument on the right > hand side: > > sage: preparse('K.<k> = f()') > "K = f(names=('k',)); (k,) = K._first_ngens(1)" > > So what you probably want is: > > sage: x = polygen(QQ) > sage: sage_eval("NumberField(x^2 + x - 1/2, embedding=0.366, > names=('x',))", locals={'x':x}) > Number Field in x with defining polynomial x^2 + x - 1/2 > > > > On Saturday, July 27, 2013 5:53:52 PM UTC-4, Emil wrote: >> >> Hi, I'd like to be able to save number fields with embeddings as text >> strings, so that they can be instantiated at a later date, as well as being >> human readable. So, I'm trying to store the command used to create such a >> field, and use sage_eval on it. >> >> sage: x = polygen(QQ) >> sage: K.<x> = NumberField(x^2 + x - 1/2, embedding=0.366) >> >> The above works, but the following gives an error: >> >> sage: K.<x> = sage_eval('NumberField(x^2 + x - 1/2, >> embedding=0.366)', locals={'x': x}) >> ------------------------------**------------------------------** >> --------------- >> TypeError Traceback (most recent call >> last) >> >> /Users/ev/Projects/flagmatic/<**ipython console> in <module>() >> >> TypeError: sage_eval() got an unexpected keyword argument 'names' >> >> >> Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks! >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-support" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.