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dim -- compute the Krull dimension

Caveat

To compute the dimension of a vector space, one should use rank.

Over the integers, the computation effectively tensors first with the rational numbers, yielding the wrong answer in some cases.

See also

Ways to use dim :

For the programmer

The object dim is a method function.