Re: [sage-devel] Re: A product() analogue to sum()

2012-12-04 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 12/04/2012 09:31 PM, Jason Grout wrote: > On 12/4/12 6:07 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: >> On 12/04/2012 07:01 PM, Tom Boothby wrote: >>> prod() does just what you want. >>> >> >> Duh, thanks. I swear I tried produ. >> > > Just FYI, the prod() function assumes your multiplication is associative

[sage-devel] Re: A product() analogue to sum()

2012-12-04 Thread Jason Grout
On 12/4/12 6:07 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: On 12/04/2012 07:01 PM, Tom Boothby wrote: prod() does just what you want. Duh, thanks. I swear I tried produ. Just FYI, the prod() function assumes your multiplication is associative and often does a balanced multiplication. This can be signif