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FormalGroupLaws :: valuation

valuation -- smallest degree of monomials

Synopsis

Description

This function computes the minimum of the degrees of monomials appearing in p. It gives infinity if p is zero.

i1 : R= ZZ[x,y]

o1 = R

o1 : PolynomialRing
 
i2 : valuation(x^2+y)

o2 = 1
 
i3 : valuation(0_R)

o3 = infinity

o3 : InfiniteNumber

For the programmer

The object valuation is a function closure.