numgens(MonomialSubalgebra) -- number of generators of a monomial subalgebra

Synopsis

• Function: numgens

• Usage:

  numgens S

• Inputs:
  • a monomial subalgebra,
• Outputs:
  • an integer, the number of generators of the monomial subalgebra S

Description

i1 : R=ZZ/37[x,y,z];

i2 : S=createMonomialSubalgebra {x^2*y, x*z, z^3}

o2 = MonomialSubalgebra{cache => CacheTable{}       }
                                        2         3
                        generators => {x y, x*z, z }
                        ring => R

o2 : MonomialSubalgebra of R

i3 : numgens S

o3 = 3