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<div><h1>fraction</h1>
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<div><tt>fraction(f,g)</tt> -- manufactures the fraction <tt>f/g</tt> in the fraction field of the ring containing <tt>f</tt> and <tt>g</tt> without reducing it to lowest terms.</div>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>Ways to use <tt>fraction</tt> :</h2>
<ul><li>fraction(RingElement,RingElement)</li>
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