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<div><h1>generators(GeneralOrderedMonoid) -- list of generators</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>generators M</tt><br/><tt>gens M</tt></div>
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<li><span>Function: <a href="_generators.html" title="provide matrix or list of generators">generators</a></span></li>
<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>M</tt>, <span>a <a href="___General__Ordered__Monoid.html">general ordered monoid</a></span></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span><span>a <a href="___List.html">list</a></span>, of generators</span></li>
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<li><div class="single"><a href="_using_spfunctions_spwith_spoptional_spinputs.html">Optional inputs</a>:<ul><li><span><tt>CoefficientRing => </tt><span><span>default value null</span>, unused option</span></span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : R = QQ[a..d];</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : M = monoid R
o2 = M
o2 : GeneralOrderedMonoid</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : gens M
o3 = {a, b, c, d}
o3 : List</pre>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_monoid.html" title="make or retrieve a monoid">monoid</a> -- make or retrieve a monoid</span></li>
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