Based on the problem statement and hint, I can understand the issue: 1. The `col_insert` method inserts columns into a matrix 2. There's a bug where the position calculation is wrong in the `_eval_col_insert` method 3. According to the hint, `pos` shouldn't be at line 89 Looking at the GitHub issue and the problem description: - When inserting columns at position 3 in a 6x6 identity matrix, the resulting matrix incorrectly shifts part of the original matrix - The 3x3 identity portion that should be at the bottom-right is incorrectly placed at the top-right The issue is in the `_eval_col_insert` method in `sympy/matrices/common.py`. Looking at similar issues and the sympy codebase structure, the bug is that when calculating indices for the entries after the insertion point, the code incorrectly uses `pos` when it should use a different value. The typical implementation would have something like: ```python def _eval_col_insert(self, pos, other): cols = self.cols def entry(i, j): if j < pos: return self[i, j] elif pos <= j < pos + other.cols: return other[i, j - pos] return self[i, j - other.cols] # Bug was here: using pos instead of other.cols ``` The fix is that when accessing elements from the original matrix after the inserted columns, we need to offset by `other.cols` (the number of columns being inserted), not by `pos` (the insertion position). Based on the structure of sympy's matrix code and the hint pointing to line 89, here's the patch: --- a/sympy/matrices/common.py +++ b/sympy/matrices/common.py @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class MatrixShaping(MatrixRequired): if j < pos: return self[i, j] elif pos <= j < pos + other.cols: return other[i, j - pos] - return self[i, j - pos] + return self[i, j - other.cols] return self._new(self.rows, self.cols + other.cols, lambda i, j: entry(i, j))