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-- Author: Lily Silverstein
-- Rewritten August 2018
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Key
leadMonomial
(leadMonomial, RingElement)
Headline
the leading monomial of a ring element
Usage
leadMonomial f
Inputs
f:RingElement
a polynomial
Outputs
:RingElement
the monomial, with no coefficient, of the leading term of {\tt f}
Description
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The leading term is with respect to the monomial ordering in the
ring. See @TO "monomial orderings"@ for details.
Example
R = ZZ/5[a,b,c]; f = a*b^2 + 3*b*c^3 + 2;
leadMonomial f
S = ZZ/5[a,b,c, MonomialOrder => Lex]; g = a*b^2 +3*b*c^3 + 2;
leadMonomial g
SeeAlso
leadComponent
leadMonomial
leadTerm
monomials
someTerms
terms
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