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Automatically factor out a common fraction in a vector

asked 2018-07-08 14:15:42 +0200

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Suppose I have a vector like v = vector([3/2,4/5)]). Is there a way to make sage output this automatically as v = 1/10 (15,8).

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In v = vector([3/2,4/5)]) there is an extra closing parenthesis.

vdelecroix gravatar imagevdelecroix ( 2018-07-08 17:30:38 +0200 )edit

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answered 2018-07-08 17:31:25 +0200

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Not automatically, but

sage: print("1/%d %s" % (v.denominator(), v.denominator() * v))
1/10 (15, 8)
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