PrimitiveElement doesn't work much.
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- Subject: [mg33325] PrimitiveElement doesn't work much.
- From: Richard Fateman <fateman at cs.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 19:51:28 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: University of California, Berkeley
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
<< NumberTheory`PrimitiveElement`
PrimitiveElement[z, {Sqrt[2], Sqrt[3]}]
which is the example given, works fine.
but
PrimitiveElement[z, {2^(1/3), 3^(1/3)}]
returns unchanged.
There are algebraic numbers other than square roots.
RJF