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6.3.5 deg, mindeg

deg(poly,var)
:: The degree of a polynomial poly with respect to variable.
mindeg(poly,var)
:: The least exponent of the terms with non-zero coefficients in a polynomial poly with respect to the variable var. In this manual, this quantity is sometimes referred to the minimum degree of a polynomial for short.

return
non-negative integer
poly
polynomial
var
indeterminate

 
[0] deg((x+y+z)^10,x);
10
[1] deg((x+y+z)^10,w);
0
[75] mindeg(x^2+3*x*y,x);
1



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