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setMaxIdeal -- set the maximal ideal for local ring methods

Synopsis

Description

The function adds new structure to the ring which specifies a maximal ideal which allows the user to employ local ring methods.
i1 : R = ZZ/32003[x,y,z,w,SkewCommutative=>true]

o1 = R

o1 : PolynomialRing, 4 skew commutative variable(s)
i2 : setMaxIdeal(ideal(x,y,z,w))

o2 = ideal (x, y, z, w)

o2 : Ideal of R

See also

Ways to use setMaxIdeal :

For the programmer

The object setMaxIdeal is a method function.