I *agree* that the answer should be expanded in your example. But when you use the factor function it should have an effect no!?
(I saw the other reply about rings. See my reply to that if you wish too.) On Friday, April 7, 2017 at 3:04:01 AM UTC-5, Ralf Stephan wrote: > > 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.
