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# Algorithm -- an optional argument

## Description

A symbol used as the name of an optional argument.

## Functions with optional argument named Algorithm:

- `gb(...,Algorithm=>...)` -- see Gröbner basis algorithms
- `syz(...,Algorithm=>...)` -- see syz(Matrix) -- compute the syzygy matrix

## For the programmer

The object Algorithm is a symbol.

The source of this document is in /build/macaulay2-88fgJW/macaulay2-1.25.11+ds/M2/Macaulay2/packages/Macaulay2Doc/options.m2:28:0.