Because in the symbolic ring 3*(2*x+1) is immediately expanded again. Try yourself:
sage: 2*(1+3*x) 6*x + 2 But see also https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/21067 Regards, On Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 5:47:28 PM UTC+2, Chris Seberino wrote: > > Why factor(6*x+3) doesn't give 3*(2*x+1) ? > > Thanks! > > cs > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/sage-support. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
