ideal -- make an ideal

Ways to use ideal :

• ideal(List) -- make an ideal
• "ideal(Sequence)" -- see ideal(List) -- make an ideal
• ideal(Matrix) -- make an ideal
• ideal(Module) -- converts a module to an ideal
• ideal(MonomialIdeal) -- converts a monomial ideal to an ideal
• "ideal(QuotientRing)" -- see ideal(Ring) -- returns the defining ideal
• ideal(Ring) -- returns the defining ideal
• "ideal(Number)" -- see ideal(RingElement) -- make an ideal
• ideal(RingElement) -- make an ideal
• ideal(String) -- make an ideal using classic Macaulay syntax
• ideal(Variety) -- returns the defining ideal

For the programmer

The object ideal is a method function with a single argument.