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<div><h1>degree</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div>Degree is a common name, meaning different things for different kinds of mathematical objects. In Macaulay2, there are currently three related, yet different notions of degree: <h3>Degree of polynomials or vectors of such</h3>
<ul><li><span><a href="_degree_lp__Ring__Element_rp.html" title="">degree(RingElement)</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_degree_lp__Ring__Element_rp.html" title="">degree(Vector)</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_degree_lp__Ring__Element_cm__Ring__Element_rp.html" title="degree with respect to a variable">degree(RingElement,RingElement)</a> -- degree with respect to a variable</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_degree_lp__Projective__Hilbert__Polynomial_rp.html" title="">degree(ProjectiveHilbertPolynomial)</a></span></li>
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<h3>Degree of ideals, varieties and modules</h3>
<ul><li><span><a href="_degree_lp__Ideal_rp.html" title="">degree(Ideal)</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_degree_lp__Ring_rp.html" title="">degree(Ring)</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_degree_lp__Module_rp.html" title="">degree(Module)</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_degree_lp__Projective__Variety_rp.html" title="">degree(ProjectiveVariety)</a></span></li>
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<h3>Degree of homomorphisms</h3>
<ul><li><span><a href="_degree_lp__Matrix_rp.html" title="">degree(Matrix)</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_degree_lp__Matrix_rp.html" title="">degree(ChainComplexMap)</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_degree_lp__Matrix_rp.html" title="">degree(GradedModuleMap)</a></span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_degree__Length.html" title="the number of degrees">degreeLength</a> -- the number of degrees</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_degrees__Ring.html" title="the ring of degrees">degreesRing</a> -- the ring of degrees</span></li>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>Ways to use <tt>degree</tt> :</h2>
<ul><li><span>degree(BettiTally), see <span><a href="___Betti__Tally.html" title="the class of all Betti tallies">BettiTally</a> -- the class of all Betti tallies</span></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_degree_lp__Ideal_rp.html" title="">degree(Ideal)</a></span></li>
<li><span>degree(ChainComplexMap), see <span><a href="_degree_lp__Matrix_rp.html" title="">degree(Matrix)</a></span></span></li>
<li><span>degree(GradedModuleMap), see <span><a href="_degree_lp__Matrix_rp.html" title="">degree(Matrix)</a></span></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_degree_lp__Matrix_rp.html" title="">degree(Matrix)</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_degree_lp__Module_rp.html" title="">degree(Module)</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_degree_lp__Projective__Hilbert__Polynomial_rp.html" title="">degree(ProjectiveHilbertPolynomial)</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_degree_lp__Projective__Variety_rp.html" title="">degree(ProjectiveVariety)</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_degree_lp__Ring_rp.html" title="">degree(Ring)</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_degree_lp__Ring__Element_rp.html" title="">degree(RingElement)</a></span></li>
<li><span>degree(Vector), see <span><a href="_degree_lp__Ring__Element_rp.html" title="">degree(RingElement)</a></span></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_degree_lp__Ring__Element_cm__Ring__Element_rp.html" title="degree with respect to a variable">degree(RingElement,RingElement)</a> -- degree with respect to a variable</span></li>
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