mjo-algebra: add \alg{} for the subalgebra generated by a set.

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     is a multivariate polynomial ring with indeterminates $X$, $Y$,
     and $Z$, and coefficients in $R$. If $R$ is a moreover an integral
     domain, then its fraction field is $\Frac{R}$. If $x,y,z \in R$,
-    then $\ideal{\set{x,y,z}}$ is the ideal generated by $\set{x,y,z}$,
-    which is defined to be the smallest ideal in $R$ containing that set.
+    then $\ideal{\set{x,y,z}}$ is the ideal generated by
+    $\set{x,y,z}$, which is defined to be the smallest ideal in $R$
+    containing that set. Likewise, if we are in an algebra
+    $\mathcal{A}$ and if $x,y,z \in \mathcal{A}$, then
+    $\alg{\set{x,y,z}}$ is the smallest subalgebra of $\mathcal{A}$
+    containing the set $\set{x,y,z}$.
   \end{section}
 
   \begin{section}{Algorithm}