Re: [sage-devel] mathematically correct eigen* methods of matrices.

2010-06-14 Thread John Cremona
I think that sounds a good idea; but can we call the parameter "extend" and not "base_extend"? First, as that is less frightening for users (who will need examples to show that for a real matrix, if you want complex eigenvalues you have to ask for them), and also for consistency with (for example

[sage-devel] mathematically correct eigen* methods of matrices.

2010-06-14 Thread mmarco
During the discusion about ticket 8974 https://webmail.unizar.es/horde/imp/login.php i noted that the behaviour of eigenvectors, eigenspaces and eigenvalues method of matrices is not mathematically correct. Or being more precise, it does not translate directly into mathematically correct methods fo