Keith Briggs. 641911 on Thu, 28 Sep 100 12:06:52 +0100 (BST)


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>0 ?


Dear pari-users@list.cr.yp.to,

Is there a function or algorithm in pari which will decide
if a given element x of a number field (expressed on an integral
basis) is positive, without doing any floating-point arithmetic?

Thank you,
Keith

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