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IsOne    --    test whether an object is one


Syntax 
IsOne(X: OBJECT): BOOL

Description
This function tests whether its argument is one; the argument can be of almost any type for which one makes sense.

Example 
/**/  IsOne(23);
false
/**/  IsOne(3/3);
true
/**/  use R ::= QQ[x,y,z];
/**/  IsOne(1);
true
/**/  IsOne(ideal(x^2, x^2-1));
true

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