[sage-devel] Re: bug: missing minpoly for GF(p)

2008-09-03 Thread John Cremona
2008/9/3 Robert Bradshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Wed, 3 Sep 2008, John Cremona wrote: > >> >> Yes, I ran into that too. I don't much like the fact that elements of >> GF(p^n) have different types depending on whether n=1 or n>1, neither >> type is a specialisation of the other. >> >> I sugges

[sage-devel] Re: bug: missing minpoly for GF(p)

2008-09-03 Thread Robert Bradshaw
On Wed, 3 Sep 2008, John Cremona wrote: > > Yes, I ran into that too. I don't much like the fact that elements of > GF(p^n) have different types depending on whether n=1 or n>1, neither > type is a specialisation of the other. > > I suggest opening a ticket but making it wider, namely to unify t

[sage-devel] Re: bug: missing minpoly for GF(p)

2008-09-03 Thread John Cremona
Yes, I ran into that too. I don't much like the fact that elements of GF(p^n) have different types depending on whether n=1 or n>1, neither type is a specialisation of the other. I suggest opening a ticket but making it wider, namely to unify the user interfaces for the different finite field cl

[sage-devel] Re: bug: missing minpoly for GF(p)

2008-09-03 Thread mabshoff
On Sep 3, 10:35 am, Nick Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Nick, > {{{ > sage: GF(241^2, 'a')(1).minpoly() > x + 240 > sage: GF(241, 'a')(1).minpoly() > --- > AttributeError                            Traceback (most r