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

Synopsis

• Function: numgens

• Usage:

  numgens S

• Inputs:
  • an instance of the type MonomialSubalgebra,
• 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}

     ZZ  2         3
o2 = --[x y, x*z, z ]
     37

o2 : monomial subalgebra of R

i3 : numgens S

o3 = 3