Re: [sage-devel] Naming question: monomial vs term

2010-01-13 Thread Tom Boothby
> Singular and Magma seem to agree with Sage.  MuPAD uses the opposite > convention.  Both show up in the literature.  Is everyone OK with > term = coefficient * monomial ? +1 -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to

Re: [sage-devel] Naming question: monomial vs term

2010-01-13 Thread John Cremona
I agree with your proposed terminology for term, coefficient and monomial. Though I would only have used the word "monomial" for a polynomial algebra when thought of as a module, otherwise just "generator" or similar. John 2010/1/13 Jason Bandlow : > Hello all, > > I'm currently working on enric

[sage-devel] Naming question: monomial vs term

2010-01-13 Thread Jason Bandlow
Hello all, I'm currently working on enriching the ModulesWithBasis Category in Sage, and I have a question about what to call things. Namely, when given a sum of generators with coefficients, what is a 'term' and what is a 'monomial'. (Typically, I am asking for leading/trailing terms/monomials)