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Merge pull request #6934 from afabri/Number_types=Quotient-GF 

Number_types:  Cleanup concerning Quotient
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Laurent Rineau 2022-10-07 15:46:24 +02:00
parent c038a14c90 4bdea0cd50
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Number_types/doc/Number_types/CGAL/Quotient.h
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@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ An object of the class `Quotient<NT>` is an element of the
field of quotients of the integral domain type `NT`. field of quotients of the integral domain type `NT`.
If `NT` behaves like an integer, `Quotient<NT>` If `NT` behaves like an integer, `Quotient<NT>`
behaves like a rational number. behaves like a rational number.
\leda's class `rational` (see Section \ref ledant)
has been the basis for `Quotient<NT>`.
A `Quotient<NT>` `q` is represented as a pair of A `Quotient<NT>` `q` is represented as a pair of
`NT`s, representing numerator and denominator. `NT`s, representing numerator and denominator.

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Number_types/doc/Number_types/NumberTypeSupport.txt
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@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ This package was naturally one of the first packages implemented in \cgal.
It initially contained the `Quotient`, `Gmpz` and `Gmpq` classes, It initially contained the `Quotient`, `Gmpz` and `Gmpq` classes,
together with the interfaces to the number types provided by \leda, which were together with the interfaces to the number types provided by \leda, which were
implemented by Stefan Schirra and Andreas Fabri. implemented by Stefan Schirra and Andreas Fabri.
\leda's class `rational` has been the basis for `Quotient`.
Later, around 1998-2002, Sylvain Pion implemented `Interval_nt`, Later, around 1998-2002, Sylvain Pion implemented `Interval_nt`,
`MP_Float` and `Lazy_exact_nt`, together with the interfaces to `MP_Float` and `Lazy_exact_nt`, together with the interfaces to
@ -231,4 +232,3 @@ Luis Pe&ntilde;aranda and Sylvain Lazard contributed the `Gmpfi` and
*/ */
} /* namespace CGAL */ } /* namespace CGAL */