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IndeterminateNumber -- the class of all indeterminate numbers

Description

Indeterminate numbers result, for example, from multiplying 0 by infinity. There is only one instance of this class.

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Methods that use an indeterminate number:

  • numeric(IndeterminateNumber) -- see numeric -- convert to floating point
  • numeric(ZZ,IndeterminateNumber) -- see numeric -- convert to floating point

Protected objects of class IndeterminateNumber:

For the programmer

The object IndeterminateNumber is a type, with ancestor classes Number < Thing.

The source of this document is in Macaulay2Doc/ov_rings.m2:138:0.