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leadCoefficient -- the coefficient of the leading term

Synopsis

Description

The leading term is with respect to the monomial ordering in the ring. See monomial orderings for details.

i1 : R = ZZ/5[a,b,c]; f = a*b^2 + 3*b*c^3 + 2;
i3 : leadCoefficient f

o3 = -2

     ZZ
o3 : --
      5
i4 : S = ZZ/5[a,b,c, MonomialOrder => Lex]; g = a*b^2 +3*b*c^3 + 2;
i6 : leadCoefficient g

o6 = 1

     ZZ
o6 : --
      5

See also

Ways to use leadCoefficient:

For the programmer

The object leadCoefficient is a method function.