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: -- a binary operator, uses include repetition; ideal quotients

Ways to use : :

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.