<div id="comment:0"></div> ``` sage: R.<x> = PolynomialRing(QQ) sage: (1/(1-x)).factor() (-1) * (x - 1)^-1 sage: (1-x).factor() (-1) * (x - 1) sage: R.<x> = LaurentPolynomialRing(QQ) sage: (1/(1-x)).factor() (-1) * (x - 1)^-1 sage: (1-x).factor() (-1) * (-1 + x) ``` Component: **commutative algebra** _Issue created by migration from https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/18082_