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D.15.37.2 val

Procedure from library tropicalNewton.lib (see tropicalNewton_lib).

Usage:
val(c); c number

Return:
int, the valuation of a element in the ground field

Assume:
uniformizingParameter is set and c!=0

Example:
 
LIB "tropicalNewton.lib";
// poor man's polynomials over Puiseux series:
ring r = (0,t),x,dp;
setUniformizingParameter(t);
val(t2+t3);
==> 2
val(t^-2+t^-3);
==> -3
// poor man's polynomials over p-adic numbers:
ring s = 0,x,dp;
setUniformizingParameter(2);
val(12);
==> 2
val(1/12);
==> -2