Recent changes to Fraction

Fraction modified by Nicolas Hainaux

Nicolas Hainaux — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:12:20 -0000

--- v4
+++ v5
@@ -22,3 +22,5 @@
 [[img src=dbg_fraction.png]]

 [Check Fraction's complete doc](http://mathmaker.sourceforge.net/participate/doc/classcore_1_1base__calculus_1_1Fraction.html)
+
+[Back](Core Objects)

Fraction modified by Nicolas Hainaux

Nicolas Hainaux — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:11:53 -0000

--- v3
+++ v4
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 [[img src=memo_fraction.png]]
-This class is used to manipulate fractions, e.g. quotients of integers. It provides methods specifically related to Fractions like simplification.
+This class is used to manipulate fractions, e.g. quotients of integers. It inherits from [Quotient](Quotient) but provides methods specifically related to Fractions like simplification methods. A difference with Quotient is that the numerator and denominator are both embedded in a Product.

-__Possible args for \_\_init\_\_() :__
+__Possible args for \_\_init\_\_():__
 Fraction
 (num, den)
 (sign, num, den)
 (sign, num, den, exponent)
 (RANDOMLY, sign, num_sign, num_max, deno_sign, deno_max)
 a zero-degree-Monomial having a Fraction as coefficient
+option: copy_other_fields_from= can be used with (num, den) argument to copy all fields except these two

-__Fields :__
+__Fields:__
 simplification_in_progress: this boolean indicates if the Fraction is currently being simplified
 same_deno_reduction_in_progress: this boolean indicates if the Fraction is currently being reduced to the same denominator as another one

@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@

 *There is also a 'status' field which aimed to replace these two fields (this work is still to do).*

-__Debugging info :__
+__Debugging info:__
 [[img src=dbg_fraction.png]]

 [Check Fraction's complete doc](http://mathmaker.sourceforge.net/participate/doc/classcore_1_1base__calculus_1_1Fraction.html)

Fraction modified by Nicolas Hainaux

Nicolas Hainaux — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:07:42 -0000

--- v2
+++ v3
@@ -1,11 +1,23 @@
-/!\ just a draft
 [[img src=memo_fraction.png]]
+This class is used to manipulate fractions, e.g. quotients of integers. It provides methods specifically related to Fractions like simplification.

 __Possible args for \_\_init\_\_() :__
-
+Fraction
+(num, den)
+(sign, num, den)
+(sign, num, den, exponent)
+(RANDOMLY, sign, num_sign, num_max, deno_sign, deno_max)
+a zero-degree-Monomial having a Fraction as coefficient

 __Fields :__
+simplification_in_progress: this boolean indicates if the Fraction is currently being simplified
+same_deno_reduction_in_progress: this boolean indicates if the Fraction is currently being reduced to the same denominator as another one

+These two properties help to know in which direction the next calculs should be done (simplify further or at the contrary compute the products).
+
+*There is also a 'status' field which aimed to replace these two fields (this work is still to do).*

 __Debugging info :__
 [[img src=dbg_fraction.png]]
+
+[Check Fraction's complete doc](http://mathmaker.sourceforge.net/participate/doc/classcore_1_1base__calculus_1_1Fraction.html)

Fraction modified by Nicolas Hainaux

Nicolas Hainaux — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:39:09 -0000

Fraction modified by Nicolas Hainaux

Nicolas Hainaux — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:38:06 -0000

/!\ just a draft

Possible args for __init__() :

Fields :

Debugging info :