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<div><h1>RingFamily</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div>This family is used to contain classes that correspond to a family of similar rings with a default member.</div>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>Types of RingFamily :</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="___Inexact__Field__Family.html" title="the class of all families of inexact fields">InexactFieldFamily</a> -- the class of all families of inexact fields</span></li>
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<h2>Methods that use an object of class RingFamily :</h2>
<ul><li><span>diagonalMatrix(RingFamily,List), see <span><a href="_diagonal__Matrix_lp__Ring_cm__Z__Z_cm__Z__Z_cm__List_rp.html" title="make a diagonal matrix from a list">diagonalMatrix(Ring,ZZ,ZZ,List)</a> -- make a diagonal matrix from a list</span></span></li>
<li><span>diagonalMatrix(RingFamily,ZZ,ZZ,List), see <span><a href="_diagonal__Matrix_lp__Ring_cm__Z__Z_cm__Z__Z_cm__List_rp.html" title="make a diagonal matrix from a list">diagonalMatrix(Ring,ZZ,ZZ,List)</a> -- make a diagonal matrix from a list</span></span></li>
<li><span>Constant ^ RingFamily, see <span><a href="_lift.html" title="lift to another ring">lift</a> -- lift to another ring</span></span></li>
<li><span>Number ^ RingFamily, see <span><a href="_lift.html" title="lift to another ring">lift</a> -- lift to another ring</span></span></li>
<li><span>RingElement ^ RingFamily, see <span><a href="_lift.html" title="lift to another ring">lift</a> -- lift to another ring</span></span></li>
<li><span>matrix(RingFamily,List), see <span><a href="_matrix_lp__Ring_cm__List_rp.html" title="create a matrix from a doubly nested list of ring elements or matrices">matrix(Ring,List)</a> -- create a matrix from a doubly nested list of ring elements or matrices</span></span></li>
<li><span>mutableIdentity(RingFamily,ZZ), see <span><a href="_mutable__Identity_lp__Ring_cm__Z__Z_rp.html" title="make a mutable identity matrix">mutableIdentity(Ring,ZZ)</a> -- make a mutable identity matrix</span></span></li>
<li><span>mutableMatrix(RingFamily,ZZ,ZZ), see <span><a href="_mutable__Matrix_lp__Ring_cm__Z__Z_cm__Z__Z_rp.html" title="make a mutable matrix filled with zeroes">mutableMatrix(Ring,ZZ,ZZ)</a> -- make a mutable matrix filled with zeroes</span></span></li>
<li><span>random(RingFamily), see <span><a href="_random_lp__Type_rp.html" title="random element of a type">random(Type)</a> -- random element of a type</span></span></li>
<li><span><a href="___Ring__Family_sp_us_st.html" title="a unary postfix operator, used for indicating pushforward maps">RingFamily _*</a> -- a unary postfix operator, used for indicating pushforward maps</span></li>
<li><span>substitute(Ideal,RingFamily), see <span><a href="_substitute.html" title="substituting values for variables">substitute</a> -- substituting values for variables</span></span></li>
<li><span>substitute(Matrix,RingFamily), see <span><a href="_substitute.html" title="substituting values for variables">substitute</a> -- substituting values for variables</span></span></li>
<li><span>substitute(Module,RingFamily), see <span><a href="_substitute.html" title="substituting values for variables">substitute</a> -- substituting values for variables</span></span></li>
<li><span>substitute(Number,RingFamily), see <span><a href="_substitute.html" title="substituting values for variables">substitute</a> -- substituting values for variables</span></span></li>
<li><span>substitute(RingElement,RingFamily), see <span><a href="_substitute.html" title="substituting values for variables">substitute</a> -- substituting values for variables</span></span></li>
<li><span>substitute(Vector,RingFamily), see <span><a href="_substitute.html" title="substituting values for variables">substitute</a> -- substituting values for variables</span></span></li>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>For the programmer</h2>
<p>The object <a href="___Ring__Family.html" title="">RingFamily</a> is <span>a <a href="___Type.html">type</a></span>, with ancestor classes <a href="___Type.html" title="the class of all types">Type</a> < <a href="___Mutable__Hash__Table.html" title="the class of all mutable hash tables">MutableHashTable</a> < <a href="___Hash__Table.html" title="the class of all hash tables">HashTable</a> < <a href="___Thing.html" title="the class of all things">Thing</a>.</p>
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