# VariableBaseName -- an optional argument

## Description

A symbol used as the name of an optional argument.

## Functions with optional argument named VariableBaseName :

• "graphIdeal(...,VariableBaseName=>...)" -- see graphIdeal(RingMap) -- the ideal of the graph of the regular map corresponding to a ring map
• "graphRing(...,VariableBaseName=>...)" -- see graphRing(RingMap) -- the coordinate ring of the graph of the regular map corresponding to a ring map
• "monoid(...,VariableBaseName=>...)" -- see monoid(...,Variables=>...) -- specify the names of the indeterminates
• "newRing(...,VariableBaseName=>...)" -- see newRing -- make a copy of a ring, with some features changed
• "polarize(...,VariableBaseName=>...)" -- see polarize -- given a monomial ideal, computes the squarefree monomial ideal obtained via polarization
• "symmetricAlgebra(...,VariableBaseName=>...)" -- see symmetricAlgebra -- the symmetric algebra of a module
• "symmetricAlgebraIdeal(...,VariableBaseName=>...)" -- see symmetricAlgebraIdeal -- Ideal of the symmetric algebra of an ideal or module
• "tensor(Monoid,Monoid,VariableBaseName=>...)" -- see tensor(Monoid,Monoid) -- tensor product of monoids
• "tensor(Ring,Ring,VariableBaseName=>...)" -- see tensor(Monoid,Monoid) -- tensor product of monoids

## For the programmer

The object VariableBaseName is .