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Macaulay2
>
The Macaulay2 language
>
operators
>
\\
\\ -- a binary operator
Ways to use
\\
:
Command \\ Thing, see
Thing // Function
-- apply a function
Function \\ Thing, see
Thing // Function
-- apply a function
SelfInitializingType \\ Thing, see
Thing // Function
-- apply a function
For the programmer
The object
\\
is
a
keyword
.
This operator may be used as a binary operator in an expression like
x\\y
. The user may install
binary methods
for handling such expressions with code such as
X \\ Y := (x,y) -> ...
where
X
is the class of
x
and
Y
is the class of
y
.