IsHomogeneous -- option to declare if the input ideal is homogeneous

Synopsis

Usage:

tropicalVariety(I,IsHomogeneous=>true)

Description

If the option is used than homogeneity of the ideal is not tested. By default the ideal is always assumed not homogeneous and a test is performed before applying the function tropicalVariety.

i1 : QQ[x,y];

i2 : I=ideal(x+y+1);

o2 : Ideal of QQ[x..y]

i3 : T=tropicalVariety (I,IsHomogeneous=>false)

o3 = T

o3 : TropicalCycle

Functions with optional argument named IsHomogeneous :

tropicalVariety(...,IsHomogeneous=>...) -- see tropicalVariety -- the tropical variety associated to an ideal

For the programmer

The object IsHomogeneous is a symbol.