--- /dev/null
+#ifndef __MTERM__
+#define __MTERM__
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include "tlib.hh"
+#include "signals.hh"
+#include "sigprint.hh"
+#include "simplify.hh"
+#include "normalize.hh"
+#include "sigorderrules.hh"
+#include <map>
+#include <list>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+/**
+ * Implements a multiplicative term, a term of type
+ * k*x^n*y^m*... and its arithmetic
+ */
+class mterm
+{
+
+ Tree fCoef; ///< constant part of the term (usually 1 or -1)
+ map<Tree,int> fFactors; ///< non constant terms and their power
+
+ public:
+ mterm (); ///< create a 0 mterm
+ mterm (int k); ///< create a simple integer mterm
+ mterm (double k); ///< create a simple float mterm
+ mterm (Tree t); ///< create a mterm from a multiplicative exp
+ mterm (const mterm& m); ///< create a copy of a mterm
+
+ void cleanup(); ///< remove usued factors
+ bool isNotZero() const; ///< true if mterm doesn't represent number 0
+ bool isNegative() const; ///< true if mterm has a negative coefficient
+
+ const mterm& operator = (const mterm& m); ///< replace the content with a copy of m
+
+ const mterm& operator *= (Tree m); ///< multiply in place by a multiplicative exp
+ const mterm& operator /= (Tree m); ///< divide in place by a multiplicative exp
+
+ const mterm& operator += (const mterm& m); ///< add in place an mterm of same signature
+ const mterm& operator -= (const mterm& m); ///< add in place an mterm of same signature
+
+ const mterm& operator *= (const mterm& m); ///< multiply in place by a mterm
+ const mterm& operator /= (const mterm& m); ///< divide in place by a mterm
+
+ mterm operator * (const mterm& m) const; ///< mterms multiplication
+ mterm operator / (const mterm& m) const; ///< mterms division
+ ostream& print(ostream& dst) const; ///< print a mterm k*x1**n1*x2**n2...
+
+ int complexity() const; ///< return an evaluation of the complexity
+ Tree normalizedTree(bool sign=false,
+ bool neg=false) const; ///< return the normalized tree of the mterm
+ Tree signatureTree() const; ///< return a signature (a normalized tree)
+
+ bool hasDivisor (const mterm& n) const; ///< return true if this can be divided by n
+ friend mterm gcd (const mterm& m1, const mterm& m2); /// greatest common divisor of two mterms
+};
+
+inline ostream& operator << (ostream& s, const mterm& m) { return m.print(s); }
+
+
+#endif