ngens or nvars for polynomial rings? #2608
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Monday morning question: to find out how many variables a polynomial ring has do we prefer
ngens(R)
ornvars(R)
?I've seen both in the sources. It seems to me that
ngens(R)
is not documented (e.g. if I type?ngens
)Advice/guidance is welcome!
This may be mildly related to discussion #1393
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