While doing an experiment I had an anomalous result and traced it to the following unexpected output of log(x, 2). Can anybody explain what is going on here?
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SageMath version 10.7, Release Date: 2025-08-09 │ │ Using Python 3.12.5. Type "help()" for help. │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ sage: x = int(21743271936) sage: factor(x) 2^28 * 3^4 sage: log(x, 2).n() 28.0000000000000 sage: log(x-1, 2).n() 34.3398500028183 sage: log(x+1, 2).n() 34.3398500029510
