[2f786f] | 1 | @comment -*-texinfo-*- |
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[341696] | 2 | @comment $Id$ |
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[2f786f] | 3 | @comment this file contains the copyright notice on Singular |
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[a94090] | 4 | @ifclear VERSION |
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[f36635] | 5 | @include version.texi |
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[a94090] | 6 | @end ifclear |
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[2f786f] | 7 | |
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[5ac141] | 8 | @cindex copyright |
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[91dbdf] | 9 | @cindex factory |
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| 10 | @cindex GMP |
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| 11 | @cindex MP |
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[227d1e] | 12 | @cindex NTL |
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[91dbdf] | 13 | @cindex readline |
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| 14 | @cindex libfac |
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[227d1e] | 15 | @cindex surfex |
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[a818754] | 16 | @cindex surfer |
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[420998] | 17 | @cindex graphviz |
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| 18 | @cindex normaliz |
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[91dbdf] | 19 | |
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| 20 | @center @sc{Singular} version @value{VERSION} |
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[f36635] | 21 | @center @uref{http://www.uni-kl.de/,,University of Kaiserslautern} |
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| 22 | @center @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/,,Department of Mathematics} and @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~zca/,,Centre for Computer Algebra} |
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[f8dc0ca] | 23 | @center Authors: @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~decker,,W. Decker}, @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~greuel,,G.-M. Greuel}, @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~pfister,,G. Pfister}, @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~hannes,,H. Schoenemann} |
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[91dbdf] | 24 | |
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[0c0be73] | 25 | @center Copyright @copyright{} 1986-2011 |
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[91dbdf] | 26 | @sp 2 |
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[f36635] | 27 | @center @strong{NOTICE} |
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[91dbdf] | 28 | |
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[b297cc5] | 29 | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
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| 30 | it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
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[7e96fe] | 31 | the Free Software Foundation (version 2 or version 3 of the License). |
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[b297cc5] | 32 | |
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[72db1d] | 33 | Some single files have a copyright given within the file: |
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| 34 | Singular/ndbm.* (BSD), kernel/htmlhelp.h (LGPL 2.1+) |
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| 35 | |
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[7e96fe] | 36 | The following software modules shipped with @sc{Singular} have their own copyright: |
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[b297cc5] | 37 | the omalloc library, the readline library, |
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[437efdf] | 38 | the GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP), |
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[7bd122b] | 39 | NTL: A Library for doing Number Theory (NTL), |
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[b297cc5] | 40 | the Multi Protocol library (MP), the |
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[f8dc0ca] | 41 | Singular-Factory library, the Singular-libfac library, |
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[a12683] | 42 | surfex, and, |
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[7e96fe] | 43 | for the Windows distributions, the Cygwin DLL and the Cygwin tools (Cygwin), and the |
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[b297cc5] | 44 | XEmacs editor (XEmacs). |
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[91dbdf] | 45 | |
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[72db1d] | 46 | Their copyrights and licenses can be found in the accompanying files COPYING |
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[b297cc5] | 47 | which are distributed along with these packages. |
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[ab53b7] | 48 | (Since version 3-0-3 of @sc{Singular}, all parts have GPL or LGPL |
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[9b3858] | 49 | as (one of) their licences.) |
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[91dbdf] | 50 | |
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[b297cc5] | 51 | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
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| 52 | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
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| 53 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the |
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| 54 | GNU General Public License for more details. |
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[91dbdf] | 55 | |
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[b297cc5] | 56 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License |
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| 57 | along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software |
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| 58 | Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA |
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[ec7299] | 59 | (see @uref{http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html,,GPL}) |
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[b297cc5] | 60 | |
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| 61 | Please send any comments or bug reports to |
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| 62 | @email{singular@@mathematik.uni-kl.de}. |
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[2afef4] | 63 | |
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[ab53b7] | 64 | If you want to be informed of new releases, |
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[f8dc0ca] | 65 | please register as a @sc{Singular} user by |
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[a11d66] | 66 | @c using the |
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| 67 | @c registration form on the @sc{Singular} homepage |
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| 68 | @c @uref{http://www.singular.uni-kl.de}. |
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| 69 | @c If for some reason you cannot access the registration form, you |
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[f8dc0ca] | 70 | @c can also register by |
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[a11d66] | 71 | sending an email to |
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[fc94e1a] | 72 | @email{singular@@mathematik.uni-kl.de} |
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| 73 | with subject line @code{register} and body containing the following data: |
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| 74 | your name, email address, organisation, country and platform(s). |
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| 75 | |
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[7bd122b] | 76 | |
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[7e96fe] | 77 | For information on how to cite @sc{Singular} see |
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[9e0e2b] | 78 | @*@uref{http://www.singular.uni-kl.de/index.php/how-to-cite-singular}. |
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[91dbdf] | 79 | |
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[ab53b7] | 80 | You can also support @sc{Singular} by informing us about |
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| 81 | your result obtained by using @sc{Singular}. |
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| 82 | |
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[e3663f1] | 83 | @heading Availability |
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[2f786f] | 84 | |
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[7e96fe] | 85 | The latest information regarding the status of @sc{Singular} is always |
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| 86 | available from @uref{http://www.singular.uni-kl.de}. |
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[6fc50d] | 87 | @ifset singularmanual |
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[91dbdf] | 88 | The program @sc{Singular} and the above mentioned parts are available via |
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[15e2754] | 89 | anonymous ftp through the following addresses: |
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[91dbdf] | 90 | @table @asis |
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[b297cc5] | 91 | @item GMP, libreadline |
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[bde8dd] | 92 | @copyright{} Free Software Foundation |
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[a818754] | 93 | @* @uref{http://gmplib.org} |
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[91dbdf] | 94 | @item MP |
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[bde8dd] | 95 | @copyright{} Gray/Kajler/Wang, Kent State University |
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[33bbf9] | 96 | @* @uref{http://www.symbolicnet.org/areas/protocols/mp.html} |
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[98b5a7] | 97 | @item NTL |
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| 98 | @copyright{} Victor Shoup |
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[a818754] | 99 | @* @uref{http://www.shoup.net/ntl} |
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[b297cc5] | 100 | @item Singular-Factory |
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[91dbdf] | 101 | @copyright{} Greuel/Stobbe, University of Kaiserslautern: |
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[b297cc5] | 102 | @* @uref{ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/Factory} |
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| 103 | @item Singular-libfac |
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| 104 | @copyright{} Messollen, University of Saarbr@"ucken: |
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| 105 | @* @uref{ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/Libfac} |
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| 106 | @item @sc{Singular} binaries and sources |
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[f36635] | 107 | @uref{ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/} or via a |
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[a22eba] | 108 | WWW brow@-ser from |
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[bde8dd] | 109 | @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/ftp/pub/Math/Singular/} |
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[3de58c] | 110 | @item Cygwin |
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[7bd122b] | 111 | @uref{http://www.cygwin.com/} |
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[bde8dd] | 112 | @item Xemacs |
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| 113 | @uref{http://www.xemacs.org} |
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[91dbdf] | 114 | @end table |
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[420998] | 115 | Some external programs are optional: |
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| 116 | @table @asis |
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[a11d66] | 117 | @item 4ti2 (used by sing4ti2.lib, @pxref{sing4ti2_lib}) |
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| 118 | @uref{http://www.4ti2.de/} |
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| 119 | @item gfan (used by tropical.lib, @pxref{tropical_lib}) |
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| 120 | @uref{http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/~jensen/software/gfan/gfan.html} |
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[420998] | 121 | @item graphviz (used by resgraph.lib, @pxref{resgraph_lib}) |
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| 122 | @uref{http://www.graphviz.org/} |
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| 123 | @item normaliz (used by normaliz.lib, @pxref{normaliz_lib}) |
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| 124 | @copyright{} Winfried Bruns and Bogdan Ichim |
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| 125 | @* @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-osnabrueck.de/normaliz/} |
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[a11d66] | 126 | @item polymake (used by polymake.lib, @pxref{polymake_lib}) |
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| 127 | @copyright{} Ewgenij Gawrilow and Michael Joswig |
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| 128 | @* @uref{http://www.polymake.de/} |
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| 129 | @item surf (used by surf.lib, @pxref{surf_lib}) |
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| 130 | @copyright{} Stephan Endrass |
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| 131 | @* @uref{http://surf.sf.net} |
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| 132 | @item surfer (used by surf.lib, @pxref{surf_lib}) |
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| 133 | @uref{http://www.imaginary2008.de/surfer.php} |
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| 134 | @item surfex (used by surfex.lib, @pxref{surfex_lib}) |
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| 135 | @copyright{} Oliver Labs (2001-2008), Stephan Holzer (2004-2005) |
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| 136 | @* @uref{http://surfex.AlgebraicSurface.net} |
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| 137 | @item TOPCOM (used by polymake.lib, @pxref{polymake_lib}) |
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| 138 | @copyright{} J@"org Rambau |
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| 139 | @* @uref{http://www.rambau.wm.uni-bayreuth.de/TOPCOM/} |
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[420998] | 140 | @end table |
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[6fc50d] | 141 | @end ifset |
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[91dbdf] | 142 | |
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[e3663f1] | 143 | @heading Acknowledgements |
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[91dbdf] | 144 | |
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| 145 | The development of @sc{Singular} is directed and coordinated by |
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[a11d66] | 146 | Wolfram Decker, Gert-Martin Greuel, Gerhard Pfister, and Hans Sch@"onemann. |
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[fd7129] | 147 | |
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[8752d8] | 148 | @cindex Contributors |
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| 149 | @cindex Authors |
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[a11d66] | 150 | @cindex Decker, Wolfram |
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[8752d8] | 151 | @cindex Greuel, Gert-Martin |
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| 152 | @cindex Pfister, Gerhard |
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[53c00b] | 153 | @cindex Sch@"onemann, Hans |
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| 154 | |
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[a11d66] | 155 | Current devteams: |
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| 156 | Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences in Lahore, |
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| 157 | BTU Cottbus, |
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| 158 | Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt (CASED), |
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| 159 | FU Berlin, |
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| 160 | Isfahan University of Technology, |
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| 161 | Mathematisches Forschunginstitut Oberwolfach, |
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| 162 | Oklahoma State University, |
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| 163 | RWTH Aachen, |
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| 164 | Universidad de Buenos Aires, |
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| 165 | Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, |
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| 166 | University of G@"ottingen, |
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| 167 | University of Hannover, |
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| 168 | University of La Laguna |
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| 169 | and |
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| 170 | University of Valladolid. |
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[f8dc0ca] | 171 | |
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[a11d66] | 172 | Current @sc{Singular} developers: |
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[aadade] | 173 | Wolfram Decker, |
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[f2937f] | 174 | Gert-Martin Greuel, |
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| 175 | Gerhard Pfister, |
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| 176 | Hans Sch@"onemann, |
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[f8dc0ca] | 177 | |
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[a11d66] | 178 | Shawki Al-Rashed, |
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| 179 | Daniel Andres, |
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| 180 | Mohamed Barakat, |
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| 181 | Isabel Bermejo, |
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| 182 | Muhammad Asan Binyamin, |
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| 183 | Ren@'e Birkner, |
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| 184 | Rocio Blanco, |
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| 185 | Xenia Bogomolec, |
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| 186 | Michael Brickenstein, |
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| 187 | Stanislav Bulygin, |
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| 188 | Antonio Campillo, |
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| 189 | Raza Choudery, |
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| 190 | Alexander Dreyer, |
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| 191 | Christian Eder, |
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| 192 | Santiago Encinas, |
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| 193 | Jose Ignacio Farran, |
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| 194 | Anne Fr@"uhbis-Kr@"uger, |
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| 195 | Rosa de Frutos, |
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| 196 | Eva Garcia-Llorente, |
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| 197 | Ignacio Garcia-Marco, |
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| 198 | Christian Haase, |
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| 199 | Amir Hashemi, |
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| 200 | Fernando Hernando, |
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| 201 | Bradford Hovinen, |
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| 202 | Nazeran Idress, |
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| 203 | Anders Jensen, |
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| 204 | Lars Kastner, |
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| 205 | Junaid Alan Khan, |
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[f2937f] | 206 | Kai Kr@"uger, |
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[a11d66] | 207 | Santiago Laplagne, |
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| 208 | Grégoire Lecerf, |
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| 209 | Martin Lee, |
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| 210 | Viktor Levandovskyy, |
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| 211 | Benjamin Lorenz, |
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[b85b62] | 212 | Christoph Lossen, |
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[a11d66] | 213 | Thomas Markwig, |
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| 214 | Hannah Markwig, |
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| 215 | Irene Marquez, |
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| 216 | Bernd Martin, |
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| 217 | Edgar Martinez, |
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| 218 | Martin Monerjan, |
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| 219 | Francisco Monserrat, |
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| 220 | Oleksandr Motsak, |
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| 221 | Andreas Paffenholz, |
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| 222 | Maria Jesus Pisabarro, |
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| 223 | Diego Ruano, |
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| 224 | Afshan Sadiq, |
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| 225 | Kristina Schindelar, |
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| 226 | Mathias Schulze, |
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| 227 | Frank Seelisch, |
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| 228 | Andreas Steenpa@ss{}, |
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| 229 | Stefan Steidel, |
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| 230 | Grischa Studzinski, |
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| 231 | Katharina Werner |
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[cbf7d6] | 232 | and |
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[a11d66] | 233 | Eva Zerz. |
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[f8dc0ca] | 234 | |
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[7e96fe] | 235 | Further contributions to @sc{Singular} have been made by: |
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[3410ef] | 236 | Martin Albrecht, |
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[a11d66] | 237 | Olaf Bachmann, |
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[9d1c19] | 238 | Muhammad Ahsan Banyamin, |
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[a11d66] | 239 | Thomas Bauer, |
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[9d1c19] | 240 | Thomas Bayer, |
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[034fb4] | 241 | Markus Becker, |
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[9d1c19] | 242 | J. Boehm, |
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| 243 | Winfried Bruns, |
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| 244 | Fernando Hernando Carrillo, |
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| 245 | Victor Castellanos, |
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| 246 | Nadine Cremer, |
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[f2937f] | 247 | Michael Cuntz, |
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[aadade] | 248 | Kai Dehmann, |
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[9d1c19] | 249 | Christian Dingler, |
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[b85b62] | 250 | Marcin Dumnicki, |
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[e3663f1] | 251 | Stephan Endra@ss{}, |
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[034fb4] | 252 | Vladimir Gerdt, |
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[b297cc5] | 253 | Philippe Gimenez, |
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[fd7129] | 254 | Christian Gorzel, |
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[aadade] | 255 | Hubert Grassmann, |
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[9d1c19] | 256 | Jan Hackfeld, |
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[b297cc5] | 257 | Agnes Heydtmann, |
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[e3663f1] | 258 | Dietmar Hillebrand, |
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[b297cc5] | 259 | Tobias Hirsch, |
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[9d1c19] | 260 | Markus Hochstetter, |
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| 261 | N. Idrees, |
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[3d1107] | 262 | Manuel Kauers, |
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[4874ab4] | 263 | Simon King, |
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[9d1c19] | 264 | Oliver Labs, |
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[aadade] | 265 | Anen Lakhal, |
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[fd7129] | 266 | Martin Lamm, |
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[aadade] | 267 | Francisco Javier Lobillo, |
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[9d1c19] | 268 | Christoph Mang, |
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[b297cc5] | 269 | Michael Me@ss{}ollen, |
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[aadade] | 270 | Andrea Mindnich, |
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[9d1c19] | 271 | Antonio Montes, |
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[4874ab4] | 272 | Jorge Martin Morales, |
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[b297cc5] | 273 | Thomas N@"u@ss{}ler, |
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[a11d66] | 274 | Wolfgang Neumann, |
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| 275 | Markus Perling, |
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| 276 | Wilfried Pohl, |
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[9d1c19] | 277 | Tetyana Povalyaeva, |
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[034fb4] | 278 | Carlos Rabelo, |
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[9d1c19] | 279 | Philipp Renner, |
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| 280 | J.-J.Salazar-Gonzalez, |
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[034fb4] | 281 | Alfredo Sanchez-Navarro, |
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[9d1c19] | 282 | Ivor Saynisch, |
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[a11d66] | 283 | Jens Schmidt, |
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| 284 | Thomas Siebert, |
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[9d1c19] | 285 | Christof Soeger, |
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| 286 | Silke Spang, |
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[3410ef] | 287 | William Stein, |
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[a11d66] | 288 | R@"udiger Stobbe, |
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[d4d4f7] | 289 | Henrik Strohmayer, |
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[7fa5b14] | 290 | Christian Stussak, |
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[aadade] | 291 | Imade Sulandra, |
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[9d1c19] | 292 | Akira Suzuki, |
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[034fb4] | 293 | Christine Theis, |
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[d4d4f7] | 294 | Enrique Tobis, |
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[034fb4] | 295 | Alberto Vigneron-Tenorio, |
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[8d1766] | 296 | Moritz Wenk, |
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[a11d66] | 297 | Eric Westenberger, |
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| 298 | Tim Wichmann, |
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| 299 | Oliver Wienand, |
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| 300 | Denis Yanovich |
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| 301 | and |
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| 302 | Oleksandr Yena. |
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[f8dc0ca] | 303 | |
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[91dbdf] | 304 | We should like to acknowledge the financial support given by |
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[7e96fe] | 305 | the Volkswagen-Stiftung, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
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[e113e3] | 306 | and the Stiftung f@"ur Innovation des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz |
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| 307 | to the @sc{Singular} project. |
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[91dbdf] | 308 | |
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