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Colon

ideal or module quotient
Syntax 

Colon(M:IDEAL, N:IDEAL):IDEAL
Colon(M:MODULE, N:MODULE):IDEAL

Description
This function returns the quotient of M by N: the ideal of all polynomials F such that F*G is in M for all G in N. The command M : N is a shortcut for Colon(M, N).

See also HColon for non-homogeneous input.

Example 
  Use R ::= QQ[x,y];
  Ideal(xy,x^2) : Ideal(x);
Ideal(y, x)
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  Colon(Ideal(x^2,xy), Ideal(x,x-y^2));
Ideal(x)
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