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#W  ringpoly.gd                 GAP Library                      Frank Celler
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#H  @(#)$Id: ringpoly.gd,v 4.27 2002/04/15 10:05:15 sal Exp $
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#Y  Copyright (C)  1996,  Lehrstuhl D fuer Mathematik,  RWTH Aachen,  Germany
#Y  (C) 1999 School Math and Comp. Sci., University of St.  Andrews, Scotland
#Y  Copyright (C) 2002 The GAP Group
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##  This file contains  the categories, attributes, properties and operations
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Revision.ringpoly_gd :=
    "@(#)$Id: ringpoly.gd,v 4.27 2002/04/15 10:05:15 sal Exp $";


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#C  IsPolynomialRing( <pring> )
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##  is the category of polynomial rings
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DeclareCategory( "IsPolynomialRing", IsRing );


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#C  IsUnivariatePolynomialRing( <pring> )
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## is the category of polynomial rings with one indeterminate.
DeclareCategory( "IsUnivariatePolynomialRing", IsPolynomialRing );

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#C  IsFiniteFieldPolynomialRing( <pring> )
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##  is the category of polynomial rings over a finite field
##  (see Chapter~"Finite Fields").
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DeclareCategory( "IsFiniteFieldPolynomialRing", IsPolynomialRing );


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#C  IsAbelianNumberFieldPolynomialRing( <pring> )
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##  is the category of polynomial rings over a field of cyclotomics
##  (see the chapters~"Cyclotomic Numbers" and "Abelian Number Fields").
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DeclareCategory( "IsAbelianNumberFieldPolynomialRing", IsPolynomialRing );

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#C  IsAlgebraicExtensionPolynomialRing( <pring> )
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##  is the category of polynomial rings over a field that has been formed as
##  an `AlgebraicExtension' of a base field.
##  (see chapter~"Algebraic extensions of fields").
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DeclareCategory( "IsAlgebraicExtensionPolynomialRing", IsPolynomialRing );


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#C  IsRationalsPolynomialRing( <pring> )
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##  is the category of polynomial rings over the rationals
##  (see Chapter~"Rational Numbers").
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DeclareCategory( "IsRationalsPolynomialRing",
    IsAbelianNumberFieldPolynomialRing );


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#A  CoefficientsRing( <pring> )
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##  returns the ring of coefficients of the polynomial ring <pring>, that is
##  the ring over which <pring> was defined.
DeclareAttribute( "CoefficientsRing", IsPolynomialRing );

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##  {\GAP} implements a polynomial ring with countably many indeterminates.
##  These indeterminates can be referred to by positive integers. If only a
##  number <num> of indeterminates is required they default to `[1..<num>]'.
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##  It is possible to assign names to indeterminates. These names only
##  provide a means for printing the indeterminates in a nice way, but have
##  not necessary any relations to variable names. Indeterminates that have
##  not been assigned a name will be printed as ``{`x_<nr>'}''.
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##  It is possible to assign
##  the *same* name to *different* indeterminates (though it is probably not
##  a good idea to do so). Asking *twice* for an indeterminate with the name
##  <nam> will produce *two different* indeterminates!
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##  When asking for indeterminates with certain
##  names, {\GAP} usually will take the first indeterminates that are not
##  yet named, name these accordingly and return them. Thus when asking for
##  named indeterminates, no relation between names and indeterminate
##  numbers can be guaranteed. The attribute
##  `IndeterminateNumberOfLaurentPolynomial(<indet>)' will return
##  the number of the indeterminate <indet>.


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#O  Indeterminate( <R>,[<nr>] )
#O  Indeterminate( <R>,[<avoid>] )
#O  Indeterminate( <R>,<name>[,<avoid>] )
#O  Indeterminate( <fam>,<nr> )
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##  returns indeterminate number <nr> over the ring <R>. If <nr> is not
##  given it defaults to 1. If the number is not specified a list <avoid> of
##  indeterminates may be given. The function will return an indeterminate
##  that is guaranteed to be different from all the indeterminates in
##  <avoid>. The third usage returns an indeterminate called <name> (also
##  avoiding the indeterminates in <avoid> if given).
DeclareOperation( "Indeterminate", [IsRing,IsPosInt] );


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#F  X( <R> )
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DeclareSynonym( "X", Indeterminate );


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#O  UnivariatePolynomialRing( <R> [,<nr>] )
#O  UnivariatePolynomialRing( <R> [,<avoid>] )
#O  UnivariatePolynomialRing( <R>,<name> [,<avoid>] )
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##  returns a univariate polynomial ring in the indeterminate <nr> over the
##  base ring <R>. if <nr> is not given it defaults to 1.  If the number is
##  not specified a list <avoid> of indeterminates may be given. The
##  function will return a ring in an indeterminate that is guaranteed to be
##  different from all the indeterminates in <avoid>. The third usage
##  returns a ring in an indeterminate called <name> (also avoiding the
##  indeterminates in <avoid> if given).
DeclareOperation( "UnivariatePolynomialRing", [IsRing] );

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#A  IndeterminatesOfPolynomialRing( <pring> )
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##  returns a list of the indeterminates of the polynomial ring <pring>
DeclareAttribute( "IndeterminatesOfPolynomialRing", IsPolynomialRing );



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#O  PolynomialRing( <ring>, <rank>, [<avoid>] )
#O  PolynomialRing( <ring>, <names>, [<avoid>] )
#O  PolynomialRing( <ring>, <indets> )
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##  creates a polynomial ring over <ring>. If a positive integer <rank> is
##  given, this creates the polynomial ring in <rank> indeterminates
##  (differing from the indeterminates contained in <avoid> if given). The
##  second usage takes a list <names> of strings and returns a polynomial
##  ring in indeterminates labelled by <names>. In the third use, a list of
##  positive integers <indets> is given. This creates the polynomial ring in
##  the indeterminates labelled by <indets>.
DeclareOperation( "PolynomialRing",
    [ IsRing, IsObject ] );


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#O  MinimalPolynomial( <R>, <elm>[ ,<ind>] )
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##  returns the *minimal polynomial* of <elm> over the ring <R>,
##  expressed in the indeterminate number <ind>.
##  If <ind> is not given, it defaults to 1.
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##  The minimal polynomial is the monic polynomial of smallest degree with
##  coefficients in <R> that has value zero at <elm>.
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DeclareOperation( "MinimalPolynomial",
    [ IsRing, IsMultiplicativeElement and IsAdditiveElement,
    IsPosInt] );


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