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<div><h1>Variables -- name for an optional argument</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div>A symbol used as the name of an optional argument, for some function(s).</div>
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<div class="single"><h2>Functions with optional argument named Variables :</h2>
<ul><li><span>basis(..., Variables => ...), see <span><a href="_basis.html" title="basis of all or part of a module or ring">basis</a> -- basis of all or part of a module or ring</span></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_coefficients_lp..._cm_sp__Variables_sp_eq_gt_sp..._rp.html" title="take coefficients using these variables">coefficients(..., Variables => ...)</a> -- take coefficients using these variables</span></li>
<li><span>monoid(..., Variables => ...), see <span><a href="_monoid.html" title="make or retrieve a monoid">monoid</a> -- make or retrieve a monoid</span></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_monomials_lp..._cm_sp__Variables_sp_eq_gt_sp..._rp.html" title="specify variables">monomials(..., Variables => ...)</a> -- specify variables</span></li>
<li><span>newRing(..., Variables => ...), see <span><a href="_new__Ring.html" title="make a copy of a ring, with some features changed">newRing</a> -- make a copy of a ring, with some features changed</span></span></li>
<li><span>symmetricAlgebra(..., Variables => ...), see <span><a href="_symmetric__Algebra.html" title="the symmetric algebra of a module">symmetricAlgebra</a> -- the symmetric algebra of a module</span></span></li>
<li><span>tensor(..., Variables => ...), see <span><a href="_tensor_lp__Ring_cm__Ring_rp.html" title="tensor product">tensor(Ring,Ring)</a> -- tensor product</span></span></li>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>For the programmer</h2>
<p>The object <a href="___Variables.html" title="name for an optional argument">Variables</a> is <span>a <a href="___Symbol.html">symbol</a></span>.</p>
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