1 | Singular version 1.0 |
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2 | University of Kaiserslautern |
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3 | Department of Mathematics Centre for Computer Algebra |
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4 | Authors: G.-M. Greuel, G. Pfister, H. Schoenemann |
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5 | (C) 1986-1997 All Rights Reserved |
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6 | |
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7 | README FILE FOR THE EXECUTABLE SINGULAR PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION |
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8 | ============================================================ |
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9 | |
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10 | IMPORTANT: Please see the COPYING.bin file contained in this directory |
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11 | for license information for the Singular program. |
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12 | |
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13 | This directory contains |
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14 | |
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15 | (1) binary versions of Singular for common hard- and software |
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16 | platforms in the files Singular-1.0.<platform>.gz where |
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17 | <platform> is, for example, 'linux', 'SunOS', etc. |
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18 | |
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19 | (2) The file Singular-1.0-share.tar.gz which contains the architecture |
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20 | - independent files (such as libraries written in the Singular |
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21 | programming language, and the Singular documentation). See the |
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22 | file README.share contained in this tar file for more information. |
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23 | |
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24 | (3) the file COPYING.bin containing the copying and license |
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25 | information. |
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26 | |
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27 | |
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28 | Installing the Singular binaries |
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29 | ================================ |
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30 | In order to use Singular, you |
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31 | |
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32 | (1) need to obtain _all_ the three files mentioned above (i.e. obtaining the |
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33 | binary, only, is not enough!) |
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34 | |
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35 | (2) Uncompress the binary and install it at an appropriate place in |
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36 | your executable path (e.g., /usr/local/bin) |
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37 | |
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38 | (3) Unpack Singular-1.0-share.tar.gz |
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39 | (a) in the directory /usr/local/, or |
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40 | (b) in another directory, say, $HOME/Singular, and set the environment |
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41 | variable SINGULARPATH to the subdirectory |
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42 | $HOME/Singular/share/Singular |
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43 | If you use the tcsh or csh shell, this can be accomplished by |
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44 | the command |
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45 | 'setenv SINGULARPATH $HOME/Singular/share/Singular'. |
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46 | If you use the bash, ksh, or sh shell, this can be |
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47 | accomplished by the command |
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48 | 'SINGULARPATH=$HOME/Singular/share/Singular;export SINGULARPATH' |
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49 | Furthermore, these commands should be put into your shell |
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50 | initialization file (e.g., $HOME/.tcshrc) |
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51 | |
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52 | Optional: |
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53 | (4) You may move the file singular.hlp contained in share/Singular to |
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54 | your info diretory (usualy /usr/local/info) and add the line |
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55 | * Singular: (singular.hlp). The Singular manual |
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56 | to the 'dir' file contained in your info directory. |
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57 | |
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58 | (5) You may print the Singular manual (contained in docs/singular.dvi) |
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59 | and tutorial (contained in docs/tutorial.dvi). |
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60 | |
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61 | Overview of Singular |
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62 | ==================== |
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63 | Singular is a special-purpose computer algebra system for commutative |
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64 | algebra, algebraic geometry and singularity theory. The main features |
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65 | of Singular are: |
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66 | |
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67 | * Computations in very general rings (polynomial rings, localizations |
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68 | of rings at a prime ideal, tensor products of rings) over many |
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69 | ground fields (rational numbers, mod p numbers, Galois fields, |
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70 | transcendental/algebraic extensions) and monomial orderings (all |
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71 | standard monomial orderings, including matrix orderings) |
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72 | |
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73 | * Very fast standard (resp. Groebner) bases computations |
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74 | |
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75 | * Polynomial factorization, resultant, and gcd computations |
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76 | |
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77 | * Large variety of implemented related algorithm: FGLM, |
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78 | Hilbert-driven, Factorizing Buchberger; Minimal resolutions, |
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79 | Primary decomposition; Usual ideal theoretic operations; standard |
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80 | combinatorial algorithms. |
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81 | |
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82 | * Efficient and flexible communication links based on the MP |
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83 | protocol and library |
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84 | |
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85 | * Easy-to-use, command-driven user-interface |
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86 | |
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87 | * Intuitive, C-like programming language |
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88 | |
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89 | * Extensive libraries of procedures, written in Singular's |
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90 | programming language |
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91 | |
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92 | * Written in C/C++. Available as binary program for common hard- and |
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93 | software platforms (including most Un*x variants, MS-DOG, MacOS) |
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94 | |
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95 | Acknowledgments |
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96 | ================ |
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97 | Singular 1.0 is linked with the following libraries: |
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98 | readline-- The Gnu readline library (v. 2.0) |
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99 | C) Free Software Foundation |
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100 | gmp -- The Gnu Multiple precision library (v: 2.0.2) distribution |
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101 | (C) Free Software Foundation |
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102 | MP -- The Multi Protocol library (v: 1.1.2) distribution |
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103 | (C) Gray/Kajler/Wang; Kent State University |
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104 | factory -- The factory library (v: 1.2c) for polynomial factorization |
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105 | (C) Greuel/Stobbe U of Kaiserslautern |
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106 | libfac -- The libfac library (v: 0.2.1) for characteristic set computations |
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107 | (C) Mesollen U of Saarbruecken |
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108 | We would like to thank all authors of these who contributed these |
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109 | libraries. |
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110 | |
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111 | |
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112 | Distribution of Singular |
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113 | ======================== |
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114 | The newest version of Singular is always available by anonymous ftp |
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115 | from |
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116 | www.mathematik.uni-kl.de:/pub/Math/Singular |
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117 | |
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118 | Binary versions of Singular for common hard- and software |
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119 | platforms are contained in the files bin/Singular-1.0.<platform>.gz where |
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120 | <platform> is, for example, 'linux', 'SunOS', etc. |
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121 | |
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122 | In general, Singular is only available as binary program. For |
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123 | exceptions, you may contact us at |
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124 | singular@mathematik.uni-kl.de |
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125 | |
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126 | Architecture - independent files (such as libraries written in the |
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127 | Singular programming language, and the Singular documentation) are |
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128 | distributed as Singular-1.0-share.tar.gz. See the file README.share |
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129 | for more information. |
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130 | |
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131 | Documentation to Singular is distributed as: |
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132 | Singular-1.0.dvi.gz - Reference manual in dvi format |
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133 | Tutorial.dvi.gz - Singular tutorial in dvi format |
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134 | Singular-1.0.ps.gz - Reference manual in postscript format |
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135 | Tutorial.dvi.gz - Singular tutorial in postscript format |
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136 | singular.hlp.gz - Reference manual in Info format |
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137 | Singular-1.0.html.tar.gz - Reference manual in html format |
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138 | |
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139 | The GMP library and the readline library is available at |
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140 | ftp.gnu.ai.mit.edu or its mirrors. |
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141 | |
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142 | The MP library library is avialbale from mcs.kent.edu:/pub/MP/ |
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143 | For further information on MP, see also |
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144 | http://symbolicnet.mcs.kent.edu/areas/protocols/mp.html |
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145 | |
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146 | The factory and libfac library are available from |
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147 | www.mathematik.uni-kl.de:/pub/Math/ |
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148 | |
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149 | |
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150 | More information about Singular: Comments, Questions, Bug Reports |
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151 | ================================================================= |
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152 | |
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153 | More and up-to-date information about Singular is always available |
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154 | from |
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155 | http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~zca/Singular |
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156 | We very much welcome any comments, questions, and bug reports. Please |
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157 | contact us at |
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158 | singular@mathematik.uni-kl.de |
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159 | |
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160 | |
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161 | GOOD LUCK and ENJOY! Your Singular team. |
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