On 2-May-08, at 9:46 AM, John Voight wrote:
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> Is there a canonical way to sort elements of an algebraic number
> field? I can think of one or two, but this is a needlessly costly
> thing to do, IMHO.
You're asking for a canonical representation, which amounts to a
canonical choice of a defi
Is there a canonical way to sort elements of an algebraic number
field? I can think of one or two, but this is a needlessly costly
thing to do, IMHO.
JV
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This looks like a dict was involved at some point - maybe just sorting
the list would be enough?
On May 2, 8:23 am, "Michael Abshoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 4:22 PM, John Voight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Yes, the ordering of the elements does not at all affect th
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 4:22 PM, John Voight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, the ordering of the elements does not at all affect the
> correctness of the output--the most mathematically correct thing would
> be to output a set. This change can be due to any number of things,
> but it's probably
Yes, the ordering of the elements does not at all affect the
correctness of the output--the most mathematically correct thing would
be to output a set. This change can be due to any number of things,
but it's probably not worth ascertaining the exact cause.
JV
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