> I like using relative_precision and absolute_precision (following what
> I'm used to from MAGMA).Then there is no confusion.
Sounds good (though maybe precision_relative and precision_absolute in
order to make tab completion work?). I'll change the power series
functions to match.
> > 2.
On Oct 29, 2006, at 6:36 PM, William Stein wrote:
> additive_order, multiplicative_order, and is_zero all make perfect
> sense for p-adics, so i don't want to delete them.
I'm not sure I agree with this. When I ask for e.g. the
multiplicative order of an element of a p-adic field, the best an
On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 15:21:30 -0800, David Roe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hey all,
> So, I'm making progress on p-adics and power series, though slowly. A
> couple of questions about unifying the terminology.
>
> 1. There are numerous possibilities for talking about the various
> types of pr
