eja: make all tests work in trivial algebras.

[sage.d.git] / mjo / eja / eja_element.py

diff --git a/mjo/eja/eja_element.py b/mjo/eja/eja_element.py
index cf213a7a0f85d2e6eeb0edb13cba14b2bd8a49d6..c5cbef9ebca32c2789ece22b0f9c4c46e6fb34a2 100644 (file)
--- a/mjo/eja/eja_element.py
+++ b/mjo/eja/eja_element.py
@@ -875,13 +875,18 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebraElement(IndexedFreeModuleElement):
         TESTS:
 
         The minimal polynomial of the identity and zero elements are
-        always the same::
+        always the same, except in trivial algebras where the minimal
+        polynomial of the unit/zero element is ``1``::
 
             sage: set_random_seed()
-            sage: J = random_eja(nontrivial=True)
-            sage: J.one().minimal_polynomial()
+            sage: J = random_eja()
+            sage: mu = J.one().minimal_polynomial()
+            sage: t = mu.parent().gen()
+            sage: mu + int(J.is_trivial())*(t-2)
             t - 1
-            sage: J.zero().minimal_polynomial()
+            sage: mu = J.zero().minimal_polynomial()
+            sage: t = mu.parent().gen()
+            sage: mu + int(J.is_trivial())*(t-1)
             t
 
         The degree of an element is (by one definition) the degree