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1                         Singular version 3.0
2                     University of Kaiserslautern
3     Department of Mathematics        Centre for Computer Algebra
4          Authors: G.-M. Greuel, G. Pfister, H. Schoenemann
5                  (C) 1986-2005 All Rights Reserved
6
7                   README FILE FOR SINGULAR KERNEL
8                   ===============================
9
10This directory contains the source files for the Singular interpreter and
11the following subdirectories:
12 
13  'LIB'   -- contains Singular libraries written in Singular's
14             programming language
15
16See the following files in this directory
17  'INSTALL' -- for information on how to install Singular
18  'COPYING' -- for copying and license information
19
20See below for an overview of Singular, and for distribution and
21support information.
22
23If you receive this file as part of a complete Singular distribution,
24see also the files contained in the top
25directory of the full Singular distribution.
26
27
28Overview of Singular
29====================
30Singular is a special-purpose computer algebra system for commutative
31algebra and algebraic geometry. The main features of Singular are:
32
33 * Computations in very general rings (polynomial rings, localizations
34   of rings at a prime ideal, tensor products of rings) over many
35   ground fields (rational numbers, mod p numbers, Galois fields,
36   transcendental/algebraic extensions) and monomial orderings (all
37   standard monomial orderings, including matrix orderings)
38
39 * Very fast standard (resp. Groebner) bases computations
40
41 * Polynomial factorization, resultant, and gcd computations
42
43 * Large variety of implemented related algorithm: FGLM,
44   Hilbert-driven, Factorizing Buchberger; Minimal resolutions,
45   Primary decomposition; Usual ideal theoretic operations; standard
46   combinatorial algorithms.
47
48 * Efficient and flexible communication links based on the MP
49   protocol and library
50
51 * Easy-to-use, command-driven user-interface
52
53 * Intuitive, C-like programming language
54
55 * Extensive libraries of procedures, written in Singular's
56   programming language
57
58 * Written in C/C++. Available as source and binary for some hard- and
59   software platforms (including most Un*x variants, MS-DOG, MacOS)
60
61
62Distribution of Singular
63========================
64The newest version of Singular is always available by anonymous ftp
65from
66             http://www.singular.uni-kl.de
67
68Binary versions of Singular for common hard- and software
69platforms are available.
70
71Architecture - independent files (such as libraries written in the
72Singular programming language, and the Singular documentation) are
73distributed as Singular-<version>-share.tar.gz.
74
75Singular's terminal i/o is most convenient if it is linked with the
76GNU readline library.
77The GMP library and the readline library is available at
78your local GNU mirrors. You have to have these library
79already installed, before Singular can be linked with them.
80
81The MP library library is available from mcs.kent.edu:/pub/MP/
82For further information on MP, see also
83http://symbolicnet.mcs.kent.edu/areas/protocols/mp.html
84
85The NTL library (Victor Shoup) is recommended.
86It is avavailable from http://www.shoup.net.
87
88The factory and libfac library are available from
89ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de:/pub/Math/Singular/src
90
91More information about Singular: Comments, Questions, Bug Reports
92=================================================================
93
94More and up-to-date information about Singular is always available
95from
96           http://www.singular.uni-kl.de
97We very much welcome any comments, questions, and bug reports. Please
98contact us at 
99                    singular@mathematik.uni-kl.de
100
101
102GOOD LUCK and ENJOY!                         Your Singular team.
103
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