Re: [fricas-devel] Re: Selection of roots

Martin Rubey <[email protected]> 03 Nov 2008 19:32:52 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mathematics.axiom.general,gmane.comp.mathematics.open-axiom.devel
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"Bill Page" <[email protected]> writes:

> As I understand it AlgebraicNumber is supposed to be able to properly
> order the roots. 

No, that's RECLOS.

Unfortunately, there is no coercion from AN to RECLOS, and this would actually
be tricky, since sqrt(-3) is not allowed in RECLOS.

Martin