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areEqual -- determine if solutions are equal

Synopsis

Description

Comparisons are done coordinatewise using Tolerance as the measure for closeness.
i1 : R = CC[x,y];
i2 : s = solveSystem {x^2+y^2-1, x*y}

o2 = {{{-1, -4.2185e-17-1.53117e-15*ii}}, {{-4.64815e-16+4.28764e-16*ii, 1}},
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     {{4.64815e-16-4.28764e-16*ii, -1}}, {{1, 4.2185e-17+1.53117e-15*ii}}}

o2 : List
i3 : areEqual(sortSolutions s, {{{-1, 0}}, {{0, -1}}, {{0, 1}}, {{1, 0}}})

o3 = true

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