# divideByVariable -- divide all columns by a (power of a) variable

## Description

divideByVariable(m,v) -- divide each column of the matrix 'm' by as high a power of the variable 'v' as possible.
divideByVariable(m,v,d) -- divide each column of the matrix 'm' by as high a power of the variable 'v' as possible, but divide by no more than v^d.

 i1 : R = ZZ/101[a..d] o1 = R o1 : PolynomialRing i2 : m = matrix{{a*b, a^2*c}, {a*b^2, a^4*d}} o2 = | ab a2c | | ab2 a4d | 2 2 o2 : Matrix R <--- R i3 : divideByVariable(m,a) o3 = (| b c |, 2) | b2 a2d | o3 : Sequence i4 : divideByVariable(m,a,1) o4 = (| b ac |, 1) | b2 a3d | o4 : Sequence

We may eliminate this routine.

## Caveat

You can only divide by a variable, not a monomial, and you have little control on what power will be divided. This routine is mostly used by the saturation commands as a fast internal way of dividing.

## Ways to use divideByVariable :

• "divideByVariable(Matrix,RingElement)"
• "divideByVariable(Matrix,RingElement,ZZ)"

## For the programmer

The object divideByVariable is .