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Divisor :: CoeffType

CoeffType -- an option used to tell divisor construction that a particular type of coefficients are expected.

Description

Can be set to ZZ, QQ or RR (or any other Thing) when divisor is called, it checks whether the coefficient list is a list of instances of this type. If it is set to ZZ, QQ or RR then a WeilDivisor, QWeilDivisor or RWeilDivisor are created. Default value is ZZ.

Functions with optional argument named CoeffType :

For the programmer

The object CoeffType is a symbol.