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diff --git a/mjo-algebra.tex b/mjo-algebra.tex
index 4f3f79c..59d9487 100644
--- a/mjo-algebra.tex
+++ b/mjo-algebra.tex
@@ -9,6 +9,22 @@
   \usepackage{amsopn}
 \fi
 
+\input{mjo-common}
+
+
+% The (sub)algebra generated by its argument, a subset of some ambient
+% algebra. By definition this is the smallest subalgebra (of the
+% ambient one) containing that set.
+\newcommand*{\alg}[1]{\operatorname{alg}\of{{#1}}}
+\ifdefined\newglossaryentry
+  \newglossaryentry{alg}{
+    name={\ensuremath{\alg{X}}},
+    description={the (sub)algebra generated by $X$},
+    sort=a
+  }
+\fi
+
+
 % The fraction field of its argument, an integral domain. The name
 % "Frac" was chosen here instead of "Quot" because the latter
 % corresponds to the term "quotient field," which can be mistaken in
@@ -18,6 +34,14 @@
 % The ideal generated by its argument, a subset consisting of ring or
 % algebra elements.
 \newcommand*{\ideal}[1]{\operatorname{ideal}\of{{#1}}}
+\ifdefined\newglossaryentry
+  \newglossaryentry{ideal}{
+    name={\ensuremath{\ideal{X}}},
+    description={the ideal generated by $X$},
+    sort=i
+  }
+\fi
+
 
 % The polynomial ring whose underlying commutative ring of
 % coefficients is the first argument and whose indeterminates (a