degree

Description

Degree is a common name, meaning different things for different kinds of mathematical objects. In Macaulay2, there are currently three related, yet different notions of degree:

Degree of polynomials or vectors of such

degree(RingElement)
degree(Vector)
degree(RingElement,RingElement) -- degree with respect to a variable
degree(ProjectiveHilbertPolynomial)

Degree of ideals, varieties and modules

degree(Ideal)
degree(Ring)
degree(Module) -- get the degree of a module
degree(ProjectiveVariety)

Degree of homomorphisms

degree(Matrix) (missing documentation)

Ways to use degree:

degree(BettiTally) -- see BettiTally -- the class of all Betti tallies
degree(Ideal)
degree(Matrix) (missing documentation)
degree(Module) -- get the degree of a module
degree(MonoidElement) (missing documentation)
degree(ProjectiveHilbertPolynomial)
degree(Ring)
degree(RingElement)
degree(Vector) -- see degree(RingElement)
degree(RingElement,RingElement) -- degree with respect to a variable

For the programmer

The object degree is a method function.

The source of this document is in Macaulay2Doc/functions/degree-doc.m2:46:0.