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IsSqFree

check if an INT or RINGELEM is square-free

Syntax
IsSqFree(f: RINGELEM): BOOL
IsSqFree(n: INT): BOOL

Description
This function tests whether the argument is square-free. A ring elem f must belong to a polynomial ring over a field. Currently, it may wrongly declare as square-free an integer n with a repeated large prime factor.

Example
/**/ use R ::= QQ[x];
/**/ IsSqFree(x^2)
false
/**/ IsSqFree(101);
true

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