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diff --git a/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py b/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py
index fc64510..4091d03 100644
--- a/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py
+++ b/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py
@@ -688,6 +688,14 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra(CombinatorialFreeModule):
                         for k in range(n) )
 
         L_x = matrix(F, n, n, L_x_i_j)
+
+        r = None
+        if self.rank.is_in_cache():
+            r = self.rank()
+            # There's no need to pad the system with redundant
+            # columns if we *know* they'll be redundant.
+            n = r
+
         # Compute an extra power in case the rank is equal to
         # the dimension (otherwise, we would stop at x^(r-1)).
         x_powers = [ (L_x**k)*self.one().to_vector()
@@ -696,7 +704,8 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         AE = A.extended_echelon_form()
         E = AE[:,n:]
         A_rref = AE[:,:n]
-        r = A_rref.rank()
+        if r is None:
+            r = A_rref.rank()
         b = x_powers[r]
 
         # The theory says that only the first "r" coefficients are
@@ -984,7 +993,24 @@ class MatrixEuclideanJordanAlgebra(FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra):
             J = MatrixEuclideanJordanAlgebra(QQ,
                                              basis,
                                              normalize_basis=False)
-            return J._charpoly_coefficients()
+            a = J._charpoly_coefficients()
+
+            # Unfortunately, changing the basis does change the
+            # coefficients of the characteristic polynomial, but since
+            # these are really the coefficients of the "characteristic
+            # polynomial of" function, everything is still nice and
+            # unevaluated. It's therefore "obvious" how scaling the
+            # basis affects the coordinate variables X1, X2, et
+            # cetera. Scaling the first basis vector up by "n" adds a
+            # factor of 1/n into every "X1" term, for example. So here
+            # we simply undo the basis_normalizer scaling that we
+            # performed earlier.
+            #
+            # TODO: make this access safe.
+            XS = a[0].variables()
+            subs_dict = { XS[i]: self._basis_normalizers[i]*XS[i]
+                          for i in range(len(XS)) }
+            return tuple( a_i.subs(subs_dict) for a_i in a )
 
 
     @staticmethod