divide()

void M2::ARingGFFlint::divide ( ElementType & result, const ElementType & a, const ElementType & b ) const

inline

Definition at line 324 of file aring-gf-flint.hpp.

  {
    // We need to handle the case when result is a, or b.
    // This is why we use the temporary value 'c'.
    ElementType c;
    init(c);
#if 0
      printf("entering divide\n");
      printf("  a = ");
      fq_zech_print_pretty(&a, mContext);
      printf("\n  b = ");
      fq_zech_print_pretty(&b, mContext);
#endif
    invert(c, b);
#if 0
      printf("\n  1/b = ");
      fq_zech_print_pretty(&c, mContext);
#endif
    mult(result, c, a);
#if 0
      printf("\n  a/b = ");
      fq_zech_print_pretty(&result, mContext);
      printf("\n");
#endif
    clear(c);
  }

References clear(), init(), invert(), mContext, mult(), and result().

Referenced by set_from_mpq(), and syzygy().