biggest                package:onion                R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Returns the biggest type of a set of onions; useful for
     "promoting" a set of onions to the most general type.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     biggest(...)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

     ...: Onionic vectors

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     If any argument passed to 'biggest()' is an octonion, then return
     the string "octonion".  Failing that, if any argument is a
     quaternion, return the string "quaternion",  and failing that,
     return "scalar".

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Robin K. S. Hankin

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     biggest(O1,rquat(100),1:4)

