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Once the ring B is created, you can access its variables as B.gens().

To name hundreds of variables, the alphabet is too short, so using a0, a1, etc., seems better.

Calling a the tuple of generators then means a[0] is a0 and so on.

An illustration with 10 variables.

sage: B = BooleanPolynomialRing(10,names='a')
sage: B
Boolean PolynomialRing in a0, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9
sage: a = B.gens()
sage: a[0]
a0

Once the ring B is created, you can access its variables as B.gens().

To name hundreds of variables, the alphabet is too short, so using a0, a1, etc., seems better.

Calling a the tuple of generators then means a[0] is a0 and so on.

An illustration with 10 variables.

sage: B = BooleanPolynomialRing(10,names='a')
sage: B
Boolean PolynomialRing in a0, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9
sage: a = B.gens()
sage: a[0]
a0

sage: B.8
a8

sage: B.gen(8)
a8

Once the ring B is created, you can access its variables can be accessed (a) as B.gens().

To name hundreds of variables, the alphabet is too short, so using a0, a1, etc., seems better.

Calling a the tuple of generators then means a[0] is a0 B.0, B.1, and so on.

An illustration with 10 variables.on, and (b) as B.gen(0), B.gen(1), and so on. Use the second syntax if you need a literal index, eg B.gen(k), in a loop, a sum, etc. The command B.gens() will provide a tuple of all the variables in B.

The syntax BooleanPolynomialRing(10,names='a') allows to name the variables a0, a1, etc. For hundreds of variables, this naming scheme is more adapted than using the alphabet.

That syntax combines well with the naming of the tuple of generators, see below.

Create the boolean polynomial ring:

sage: B = BooleanPolynomialRing(10,names='a')
sage: B
Boolean PolynomialRing in a0, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9

Access its variables with method (a):

sage: B.8
a8

or with method (b):

sage: B.gen(8)
a8

Use method (b) with literal indices:

sage: sum(B.gen(k) for k in (1,3,5,7))
a1 + a3 + a5 + a7

Give a name to the tuple of generators, consistent with the naming scheme for the variables, eg a = B.gens(), so that a[0] is a0 and so on.

sage: a = B.gens()
sage: a[0]
a0

Generators can also be called directly without giving a name to the tuple, by the shortcut

sage: B.8
a8

or the following syntax

sage: B.gen(8)
a8

which allows to call the k-th generator where k is an index in a loop (contrary to the shortcut above).

sage: sum(a[k]*a[k+1] for k in (1,3,5,7))
a1*a2 + a3*a4 + a5*a6 + a7*a8

Once There are many ways to call the variables of the boolean polynomial ring B is after it has been created, its variables can be accessed (a) and to assign them to Python variables.

We will list four below. Sometimes you may want to use more than one.

Suppose we have defined, as in the question,

sage: B = BooleanPolynomialRing(names=['a', 'b'])

Ways to access the variables of B include:

1. Call them as B.0, B.1, and (and so on, and (b) as B.gen(0), B.gen(1), and so on. Use the second syntax on if there are more than two).

   This works only with actuan numbers after the dot; for instance, even if you have defined k = 0 you can't do B.k to get B.0.

2. Call them as B.gen(0), B.gen(1) (and so on if there are more than two).

   If you need a literal index, eg to call these variables in a loop, an iterator, or a sum, this syntax B.gen(k), in a loop, a sum, etc. is usually helpful.

3. The command B.gens() will provide a tuple of all the variables in B.

   You could use that to give a name to all the generators, say gen_B = B.gens() and then call gen_B[0], gen_B[1] (and so on if there are more than two).

4. The command B.inject_variables() will make some Python variables with the correct names to call the variables as named in the declaration of B.

   For example,

   sage: B = BooleanPolynomialRing(names=['a', 'b'])
   sage: B.inject_variables()
   sage: (a + b)*(a - b)
   a + b
   

The syntax BooleanPolynomialRing(10,names='a')BooleanPolynomialRing(10, names='a') allows to name the variables a0, a1, etc. For hundreds of variables, this naming scheme is more adapted than using the alphabet.

That syntax combines well with the naming of the tuple of generators, see below.

Create the boolean polynomial ring:

sage: B = BooleanPolynomialRing(10,names='a')
BooleanPolynomialRing(10, names='a')
sage: B
Boolean PolynomialRing in a0, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9

Access its variables with method (a):1:

sage: B.8
a8

or with method (b):2:

sage: B.gen(8)
a8

Use method (b) 2 with literal indices:

sage: sum(B.gen(k) for k in (1,3,5,7))
(1, 3, 5, 7))
a1 + a3 + a5 + a7

Give a name to the tuple of generators, consistent with the naming scheme for the variables, eg a = B.gens(), so that a[0] is a0 and so on.

sage: a = B.gens()
sage: a
(a0, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9)
sage: a[3]
a3

Use that for looping, summing, etc.

sage: sum(a[k]*a[k+1] for k in (1,3,5,7))
(1, 3, 5, 7))
a1*a2 + a3*a4 + a5*a6 + a7*a8

sage: B = BooleanPolynomialRing(7, ['a0', 'a1', 'a2', 'a3', 'b0', 'b1', 'b2'])

sage: B.inject_variables()
sage: (a0 + b0)*(a1 - b1)
a0*a1 + a0*b1 + a1*b0 + b0*b1

sage: ab = B.gens()
sage: a = ab[:4]
sage: b = ab[4:]

sage: a
(a0, a1, a2, a3)
sage: b
(b0, b1, b2)

sage: a[0] + a[3] + b[1]
a0 + a3 + b1