compare_elems()

int M2::ARingGFFlintBig::compare_elems	(	const ElementType &	f,
		const ElementType &	g ) const

Definition at line 198 of file aring-gf-flint-big.cpp.

{
  long degF = nmod_poly_degree(&f);
  long degG = nmod_poly_degree(&g);
  if (degF > degG)
    return GT;
  else if (degF < degG)
    return LT;
  // now degF == degG
  for (long i = degF; i >= 0; i--)
    {
      long coeffF = nmod_poly_get_coeff_ui(&f, i);
      long coeffG = nmod_poly_get_coeff_ui(&g, i);
      if (coeffF > coeffG) return GT;
      if (coeffG > coeffF) return LT;
    }
  return EQ;
}

References EQ, GT, and LT.