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IndetName

the name of an indeterminate

Syntax 
IndetName(X: RINGELEM): STRING

Description
This function returns the name of the indeterminate X as a string (i.e. the letter without the indices).

Example 
/**/  Use R ::= QQ[x,y,z];
/**/  IndetName(indet(R, 2));
y

/**/  type(It);
STRING

/**/  Use R ::= QQ[a, x[1..3]];
/**/  IndetName(Indet(R, 2));
x

/**/  indent(IndetSymbols(R));
[
  record[head := "a", indices := []],
  record[head := "x", indices := [1]],
  record[head := "x", indices := [2]],
  record[head := "x", indices := [3]]
]

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