[GAP Forum] LogFFE bug

[Iverson, Joseph W [MATH]]

Dear GAP forum,

There appears to be a bug with LogFFE:

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gap> z:=Z(359^2); 
z
gap> LogFFE(z^4,z^2);
fail

According to the documentation, LogFFE(alpha,beta) should only return "fail" if alpha is not a power of beta. Is 359^2 just too big to ask questions like this?

Best regards,
Joey Iverson

Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
Iowa State University