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<h2><a name="IsAlffDivisor"></a>
IsAlffDivisor
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Returns true if and only if the parameter is an algebraic function
field divisor.

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Syntax:
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<pre>b := IsAlffDivisor(D);</pre>

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<td>boolean</td>
<td><pre>  b  </pre></td>
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<td>arbitrary object</td>
<td><pre>  D  </pre></td>
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See also:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="kashref.html#IsAlffPlace">IsAlffPlace</a>, <a href="kashref.html#IsBound">IsBound</a>, <a href="kashref.html#Unbind">Unbind</a>

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Description:
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<i>no detailed description available yet</i>

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Example:
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kash> AlffInit(FF(2,4));
"Defining global variables: k, w, kT, kTf, kTy, T, y, AlffGlobals"
kash> F := Alff(y^3+T^3*y+T);
Algebraic function field defined by
.1^3 + .1*.2^3 + .2
over
Univariate rational function field over GF(2^4)
Variables: T

kash> P := AlffPlaceSplit(F, T+1)[1];
Alff place < [ T + 1, 0, 0 ] >
kash> IsAlffDivisor(P);
false
kash> D := AlffDivisor(P);
Alff divisor
[ [ Alff place < [ T + 1, 0, 0 ] >, 1 ] ]

kash> IsAlffDivisor(D);
> true

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