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1                         Singular version 1.0
2                     University of Kaiserslautern
3     Department of Mathematics        Centre for Computer Algebra
4          Authors: G.-M. Greuel, G. Pfister, H. Schoenemann
5                  (C) 1986-1997 All Rights Reserved
6
7      README FILE FOR SINGULAR MS-DOS DISTRIBUTION
8      ============================================
9
10IMPORTANT: Please see the COPYING file contained in this directory
11for license information for Singular.
12
13This distribution contains the following subdirectories
14  'share/Singular'      -- contains Singular library files and compute tables
15  'info'                -- contains Singular's info help file
16       
17and the file
18  'COPYING'     -- for licence and copying information information
19   Singular.exe -- Singular executable program
20
21
22Installing the Singular executable program
23==========================================
24After you have unpacked the file Singular.zip (using the command
25'pkunzip -d singular' -- you can obtain the program pkunzip from The
26place where you obtained this ditribution), you can run Singular by
27
28(i) if you run MS-DOS:
29        1.) cd to the directory cotaining the File Singular.exe
30        2.) type Singular
31
32(ii) if you run Windows:
33        1.) double-click on the Singular.exe icon
34
35IMPORTANT: For the help system to work, you furthermore must have the
36'info' program installed on your system, or have it reside in the same
37directory as the Singular executable. You can obtain the 'info'
38program from the same place from where you obtained this distribution.
39
40We furthermore ask you to register as a  Singular
41user so that we can notify you about updates and news. Please do
42so by sending an email to singular@mathematik.uni-kl.de with the
43subject line "register".
44
45Overview of Singular
46====================
47Singular is a special-purpose computer algebra system for commutative
48algebra, algebraic geometry and singularity theory. The main features
49of Singular are:
50
51 * Computations in very general rings (polynomial rings, localizations
52   of rings at a prime ideal, tensor products of rings) over many
53   ground fields (rational numbers, mod p numbers, Galois fields,
54   transcendental/algebraic extensions) and monomial orderings (all
55   standard monomial orderings, including matrix orderings)
56
57 * Very fast standard (resp. Groebner) bases computations
58
59 * Polynomial factorization, resultant, and gcd computations
60
61 * Large variety of implemented related algorithm: FGLM,
62   Hilbert-driven, Factorizing Buchberger; Minimal resolutions,
63   Primary decomposition; Usual ideal theoretic operations; standard
64   combinatorial algorithms.
65
66 * Efficient and flexible communication links based on the MP
67   protocol and library
68
69 * Easy-to-use, command-driven user-interface
70
71 * Intuitive, C-like programming language
72
73 * Extensive libraries of procedures, written in Singular's
74   programming language
75
76 * Written in C/C++. Available as binary program for common hard- and
77   software platforms (including most Un*x variants, MS-DOG, MacOS)
78
79
80Acknowledgments
81================
82Singular 1.0 is linked with the following libraries:
83  gmp     --  The Gnu Multiple precision library (v: 2.0.2) distribution
84              (C) Free Software Foundation
85  factory --  The factory library (v: 1.2c) for polynomial factorization
86              (C) Greuel/Stobbe U of Kaiserslautern
87  libfac  --  The libfac library (v: 0.2.1) for characteristic set computations
88              (C) Mesollen U of Saarbruecken
89We would like to thank all authors of these who contributed these
90libraries.
91
92
93Distribution of Singular
94========================
95The newest version of Singular is always available by anonymous ftp
96from
97             www.mathematik.uni-kl.de:/pub/Math/Singular
98
99Binary versions of Singular for common hard- and software
100platforms are contained in the files bin/Singular-1.0.<platform>.gz where
101<platform> is, for example, 'linux', 'SunOS', etc. 
102
103In general, Singular is only available as binary program. For
104exceptions, you may contact us at
105        singular@mathematik.uni-kl.de
106
107Architecture - independent files (such as libraries written in the
108Singular programming language, and the Singular documentation) are
109distributed as Singular-1.0-share.tar.gz. See the file README.share
110for more information.
111
112Documentation to Singular is distributed as:
113Singular-1.0.dvi.gz      - Reference manual in dvi format
114Tutorial.dvi.gz          - Singular tutorial in dvi format
115Singular-1.0.ps.gz       - Reference manual in postscript format
116Tutorial.dvi.gz          - Singular tutorial in postscript format
117singular.hlp.gz          - Reference manual in Info format
118Singular-1.0.html.tar.gz - Reference manual in html format
119
120The GMP library and the readline library are available at
121ftp.gnu.ai.mit.edu or its mirrors.
122
123The MP library library is avialbale from mcs.kent.edu:/pub/MP/
124For further information on MP, see also
125http://symbolicnet.mcs.kent.edu/areas/protocols/mp.html
126
127The factory and libfac library are available from
128www.mathematik.uni-kl.de:/pub/Math/
129
130
131More information about Singular: Comments, Questions, Bug Reports
132=================================================================
133
134More and up-to-date information about Singular is always available
135from
136           http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~zca/Singular
137We very much welcome any comments, questions, and bug reports. Please
138contact us at 
139                    singular@mathematik.uni-kl.de
140
141
142GOOD LUCK and ENJOY!                         Your Singular team.
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