Re: [sage-devel] Catalog of algebras: the definition of an algebra

2015-05-07 Thread Jeroen Demeyer
On 2015-05-06 21:08, Travis Scrimshaw wrote: On #15635 , we are trying to decide whether we want non-associative algebras to be included in the catalog of algebras. The argument against including them is "most" people think of algebras as being associative

Re: [sage-devel] Catalog of algebras: the definition of an algebra

2015-05-06 Thread John Cremona
Forward to sage-algebra? John On 6 May 2015 at 20:08, Travis Scrimshaw wrote: > On #15635, we are trying to decide whether we want non-associative algebras > to be included in the catalog of algebras. > > The argument against including them is "most" people think of algebras as > being associati

[sage-devel] Catalog of algebras: the definition of an algebra

2015-05-06 Thread Travis Scrimshaw
On #15635 , we are trying to decide whether we want non-associative algebras to be included in the catalog of algebras. The argument against including them is "most" people think of algebras as being associative (and maybe even unital), and as such, might