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CoeffHeight    --    the maximum of the absolute values of the coefficients of a polynomial


Syntax 
CoeffHeight(F: RINGELEM): RINGELEM

Description
This function returns the maximum of the absolute values of the coefficients of F; naturally, the coefficient ring must be arithmetically ordered.

Example 
/**/ use P ::= QQ[x,y];
/**/ f := (2*x-3*y)^2;
/**/ f;
4*x^2 -12*x*y +9*y^2
/**/ CoeffHeight(f);
12

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