[eb9e69] | 1 | Singular version 3.0 |
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[6d09c56] | 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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[eb9e69] | 5 | (C) 1986-2005 All Rights Reserved |
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[6d09c56] | 6 | |
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| 7 | README FILE FOR SINGULAR KERNEL |
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| 8 | =============================== |
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| 9 | |
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[eb9e69] | 10 | This directory contains the source files for the Singular interpreter and |
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[6d09c56] | 11 | the following subdirectories: |
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| 12 | |
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| 13 | 'LIB' -- contains Singular libraries written in Singular's |
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| 14 | programming language |
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| 15 | |
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| 16 | See the following files in this directory |
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| 17 | 'INSTALL' -- for information on how to install Singular |
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[f21dc0] | 18 | 'COPYING' -- for copying and license information |
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[6d09c56] | 19 | |
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| 20 | See below for an overview of Singular, and for distribution and |
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| 21 | support information. |
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| 22 | |
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| 23 | If you receive this file as part of a complete Singular distribution, |
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[eb9e69] | 24 | see also the files contained in the top |
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[6d09c56] | 25 | directory of the full Singular distribution. |
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| 26 | |
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| 27 | |
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| 28 | Overview of Singular |
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| 29 | ==================== |
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| 30 | Singular is a special-purpose computer algebra system for commutative |
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| 31 | algebra and algebraic geometry. The main features of Singular are: |
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| 32 | |
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| 33 | * Computations in very general rings (polynomial rings, localizations |
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| 34 | of rings at a prime ideal, tensor products of rings) over many |
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| 35 | ground fields (rational numbers, mod p numbers, Galois fields, |
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| 36 | transcendental/algebraic extensions) and monomial orderings (all |
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| 37 | standard monomial orderings, including matrix orderings) |
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| 38 | |
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| 39 | * Very fast standard (resp. Groebner) bases computations |
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| 40 | |
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| 41 | * Polynomial factorization, resultant, and gcd computations |
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| 42 | |
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[f21dc0] | 43 | * Large variety of implemented related algorithm: FGLM, |
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[6d09c56] | 44 | Hilbert-driven, Factorizing Buchberger; Minimal resolutions, |
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| 45 | Primary decomposition; Usual ideal theoretic operations; standard |
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[f21dc0] | 46 | combinatorial algorithms. |
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[6d09c56] | 47 | |
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[f21dc0] | 48 | * Efficient and flexible communication links based on the MP |
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[6d09c56] | 49 | protocol and library |
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| 50 | |
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| 51 | * Easy-to-use, command-driven user-interface |
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| 52 | |
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| 53 | * Intuitive, C-like programming language |
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| 54 | |
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[f21dc0] | 55 | * Extensive libraries of procedures, written in Singular's |
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[6d09c56] | 56 | programming language |
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| 57 | |
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| 58 | * Written in C/C++. Available as source and binary for some hard- and |
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| 59 | software platforms (including most Un*x variants, MS-DOG, MacOS) |
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| 60 | |
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| 61 | |
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| 62 | Distribution of Singular |
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| 63 | ======================== |
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| 64 | The newest version of Singular is always available by anonymous ftp |
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| 65 | from |
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[eb9e69] | 66 | http://www.singular.uni-kl.de |
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[6d09c56] | 67 | |
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[4c001a] | 68 | Binary versions of Singular for common hard- and software |
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[eb9e69] | 69 | platforms are available. |
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[6d09c56] | 70 | |
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[4c001a] | 71 | Architecture - independent files (such as libraries written in the |
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| 72 | Singular programming language, and the Singular documentation) are |
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[eb9e69] | 73 | distributed as Singular-<version>-share.tar.gz. |
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| 74 | |
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| 75 | Singular's terminal i/o is most convenient if it is linked with the |
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| 76 | GNU readline library. |
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| 77 | The GMP library and the readline library is available at |
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| 78 | your local GNU mirrors. You have to have these library |
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| 79 | already installed, before Singular can be linked with them. |
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| 80 | |
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| 81 | The MP library library is available from mcs.kent.edu:/pub/MP/ |
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[9f226d] | 82 | For further information on MP, see also |
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| 83 | http://symbolicnet.mcs.kent.edu/areas/protocols/mp.html |
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[eb9e69] | 85 | The NTL library (Victor Shoup) is recommended. |
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| 86 | It is avavailable from http://www.shoup.net. |
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[6d09c56] | 87 | |
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[eb9e69] | 88 | The factory and libfac library are available from |
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| 89 | ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de:/pub/Math/Singular/src |
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[6d09c56] | 90 | |
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| 91 | More information about Singular: Comments, Questions, Bug Reports |
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| 92 | ================================================================= |
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| 93 | |
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| 94 | More and up-to-date information about Singular is always available |
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| 95 | from |
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[eb9e69] | 96 | http://www.singular.uni-kl.de |
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[6d09c56] | 97 | We very much welcome any comments, questions, and bug reports. Please |
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| 98 | contact us at |
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| 99 | singular@mathematik.uni-kl.de |
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| 101 | |
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| 102 | GOOD LUCK and ENJOY! Your Singular team. |
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