content() inconsistencies

[Christian Bauer]

Hi!

On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 11:31:36AM +0200, Ralf Stephan wrote:
>   cout << (10*x/2+ex(15)/3).content(x) << endl;

But that's 5x+5...?

Anyway, content() and primpart() in GiNaC currently only work correctly for
polynomials in Z[x]. But your Pari results are correct. The content of a
polynomial in Q[x] should be calculated in a way that the primitive part is
a polynomial in Z[x] with content 1.

Bye,
Christian

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