- # Thanks for nothing! Matrix spaces aren't vector
- # spaces in Sage, so we have to figure out its
- # natural-basis coordinates ourselves.
- V = VectorSpace(elt.base_ring(), elt.nrows()*elt.ncols())
+ # Thanks for nothing! Matrix spaces aren't vector spaces in
+ # Sage, so we have to figure out its natural-basis coordinates
+ # ourselves. We use the basis space's ring instead of the
+ # element's ring because the basis space might be an algebraic
+ # closure whereas the base ring of the 3-by-3 identity matrix
+ # could be QQ instead of QQbar.
+ V = VectorSpace(basis_space.base_ring(), elt.nrows()*elt.ncols())