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isQuotientRing -- whether something is a quotient ring

Synopsis

Description

i1 : S = ZZ/3[x,y,z];
i2 : isQuotientRing S

o2 = false
i3 : R = S/(x^2-y*z);
i4 : isQuotientRing R

o4 = true
i5 : ambient R

o5 = S

o5 : PolynomialRing
i6 : symAlg = symmetricAlgebra R^2;
i7 : isQuotientRing symAlg

o7 = false
i8 : sing = singularLocus R;
i9 : isQuotientRing sing

o9 = true

See also

Ways to use isQuotientRing:

For the programmer

The object isQuotientRing is a method function.