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Local -- an optional argument
Description
A symbol used as the name of an optional argument.
Functions with optional argument named
Local
:
monoid(...,Local=>...)
-- specify local or global monomial order
newRing(...,Local=>...)
-- see
newRing
-- make a copy of a ring, with some features changed
symmetricAlgebra(...,Local=>...)
-- see
symmetricAlgebra
-- the symmetric algebra of a module
tensor(Monoid,Monoid,Local=>...)
-- see
tensor(Monoid,Monoid)
-- tensor product of monoids
tensor(Ring,Ring,Local=>...)
-- see
tensor(Monoid,Monoid)
-- tensor product of monoids
For the programmer
The object
Local
is
a
symbol
.
The source of this document is in
Macaulay2Doc/options.m2:28:0
.