Asir - Notation

Notation

In this manual, we shall use several notations, which is described here

The name of a function is written in a typewriter type
gcd(), gr()
For the description of a function, its argument is written in a slanted type. int, poly
A file name is written in a `typewriter type with single quotes'
`dbxinit', `asir_plot'
An example is indented and written in a typewriter type.
```
[0] 1;
1
[1] quit;
```
References are made by a typewriter type bracketed by [].
[Boehm,Weiser]
Arguments (actual parameters) of a function are optional when they are bracketed by []'s. The repeatable items (including non-existence of the item) are bracketed by []*'s.
setprec([n]), diff(rat[,varn]*)
The prompt from the shell (csh) is denoted, as it is, by %. The prompt, however, is denoted by #, when you are assumed to be working as the root, for example, at the installation.
```
% cat afo
afo
bfo
% su
Password:XXXX
# cp asir /usr/local/bin
# exit
%
```
The rational integer ring is denoted by Z, the rational number field by Q, the real number field by R, and the complex number field by C.