[2f786f] | 1 | @comment -*-texinfo-*- |
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[98b5a7] | 2 | @comment $Id: COPYING.texi,v 1.14 2002-11-11 18:48:32 Singular Exp $ |
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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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| 12 | @cindex readline |
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| 13 | @cindex libfac |
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| 14 | |
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| 15 | @center @sc{Singular} version @value{VERSION} |
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[f36635] | 16 | @center @uref{http://www.uni-kl.de/,,University of Kaiserslautern} |
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| 17 | @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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| 18 | @center Authors: @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~wwwagag/E/Greuel,,G.-M. Greuel}, @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~wwwagag/E/Pfister,,G. Pfister}, @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~hannes,,H. Schoenemann} |
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[91dbdf] | 19 | |
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[98b5a7] | 20 | @center Copyright @copyright{} 1986-2002 |
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[91dbdf] | 21 | @sp 2 |
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[f36635] | 22 | @center @strong{NOTICE} |
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[91dbdf] | 23 | |
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[b297cc5] | 24 | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
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| 25 | it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
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[98b5a7] | 26 | the Free Software Foundation ( version 2 of the License ); |
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[3de58c] | 27 | with the following additional restrictions (which override any conflicting |
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[b297cc5] | 28 | restrictions in the GPL): |
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| 29 | |
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[3de58c] | 30 | The following software used with @sc{Singular} have their own copyright: |
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[b297cc5] | 31 | the omalloc library, the readline library, |
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| 32 | the Gnu Multiple Precision Library (GMP), |
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| 33 | the Multi Protocol library (MP), the |
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| 34 | Singular-Factory library, the Singular-libfac library, and, |
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[98b5a7] | 35 | for the Windows distributions the Cygwin DLL and the Cygwin tools (Cygwin), and the |
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[b297cc5] | 36 | XEmacs editor (XEmacs). |
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[91dbdf] | 37 | |
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[b297cc5] | 38 | Their copyrights and licences can be found in the accompanying files |
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| 39 | which are distributed along with these packages. |
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[91dbdf] | 40 | |
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[b297cc5] | 41 | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
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| 42 | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
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| 43 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the |
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| 44 | GNU General Public License for more details. |
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[91dbdf] | 45 | |
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[b297cc5] | 46 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License |
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| 47 | along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software |
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| 48 | Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA |
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[ec7299] | 49 | (see @uref{http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html,,GPL}) |
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[b297cc5] | 50 | |
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| 51 | Please send any comments or bug reports to |
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| 52 | @email{singular@@mathematik.uni-kl.de}. |
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[2afef4] | 53 | |
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[3de58c] | 54 | Please register yourself as a @sc{Singular} user by using the |
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[fc94e1a] | 55 | registration form on the @sc{Singular} homepage |
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| 56 | @uref{http://www.singular.uni-kl.de}. |
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[3de58c] | 57 | If for some reason you cannot access the registration form, you |
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| 58 | can also register by sending an email to |
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[fc94e1a] | 59 | @email{singular@@mathematik.uni-kl.de} |
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| 60 | with subject line @code{register} and body containing the following data: |
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| 61 | your name, email address, organisation, country and platform(s). |
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| 62 | |
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[91dbdf] | 63 | If you use Singular or parts thereof in a project and/or publish |
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[b297cc5] | 64 | results that were partly obtained using @sc{Singular}, we ask you to |
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[3d1f81] | 65 | cite @sc{Singular} and inform us thereof -- see |
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[8cb38d] | 66 | @uref{http://www.singular.uni-kl.de/how_to_cite.html}, |
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[e3663f1] | 67 | for information on how to cite Singular. |
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[91dbdf] | 68 | |
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[e3663f1] | 69 | @heading Availability |
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[2f786f] | 70 | |
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[91dbdf] | 71 | The latest information about @sc{Singular} is always available from |
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[8cb38d] | 72 | @uref{http://www.singular.uni-kl.de}. |
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[6fc50d] | 73 | @ifset singularmanual |
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[91dbdf] | 74 | The program @sc{Singular} and the above mentioned parts are available via |
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[15e2754] | 75 | anonymous ftp through the following addresses: |
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[91dbdf] | 76 | @table @asis |
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[b297cc5] | 77 | @item GMP, libreadline |
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[bde8dd] | 78 | @copyright{} Free Software Foundation |
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[f36635] | 79 | @* @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.ai.mit.edu} or its mirrors |
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[91dbdf] | 80 | @item MP |
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[bde8dd] | 81 | @copyright{} Gray/Kajler/Wang, Kent State University |
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[33bbf9] | 82 | @* @uref{http://www.symbolicnet.org/areas/protocols/mp.html} |
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[98b5a7] | 83 | @item NTL |
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| 84 | @copyright{} Victor Shoup |
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| 85 | @* @uref{ftp://www.shoup.net} |
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[b297cc5] | 86 | @item Singular-Factory |
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[91dbdf] | 87 | @copyright{} Greuel/Stobbe, University of Kaiserslautern: |
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[b297cc5] | 88 | @* @uref{ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/Factory} |
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| 89 | @item Singular-libfac |
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| 90 | @copyright{} Messollen, University of Saarbr@"ucken: |
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| 91 | @* @uref{ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/Libfac} |
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| 92 | @item @sc{Singular} binaries and sources |
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[f36635] | 93 | @uref{ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/} or via a |
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[a22eba] | 94 | WWW brow@-ser from |
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[bde8dd] | 95 | @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/ftp/pub/Math/Singular/} |
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[3de58c] | 96 | @item Cygwin |
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[bde8dd] | 97 | @uref{http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/} |
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| 98 | @item Xemacs |
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| 99 | @uref{http://www.xemacs.org} |
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[91dbdf] | 100 | @end table |
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[6fc50d] | 101 | @end ifset |
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[91dbdf] | 102 | |
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[e3663f1] | 103 | @heading Acknowledgements |
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[91dbdf] | 104 | |
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| 105 | The development of @sc{Singular} is directed and coordinated by |
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[fd7129] | 106 | Gert-Martin Greuel, Gerhard Pfister, and Hans |
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[afeddb] | 107 | Sch@"onemann. |
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[fd7129] | 108 | |
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[53c00b] | 109 | @cindex Greuel, Gert-Martin |
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| 110 | @cindex Pfister, Gerhard |
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| 111 | @cindex Sch@"onemann, Hans |
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| 112 | |
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[3de58c] | 113 | Currently, the @sc{Singular} team has the following members: |
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[91dbdf] | 114 | Olaf Bachmann, |
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[b297cc5] | 115 | Anne Fr@"ubis-Kr@"uger, |
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| 116 | Thomas Keilen, |
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[f357d6e] | 117 | Kai Kr@"uger, |
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[b297cc5] | 118 | Christoph Lossen, |
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| 119 | Victor Levandovskyy, |
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[456733d] | 120 | Wilfred Pohl, |
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[b297cc5] | 121 | Mathias Schulze, |
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| 122 | Eric Westenberger, |
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[91dbdf] | 123 | and |
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| 124 | Tim Wichmann. |
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[53c00b] | 125 | @cindex Bachmann, Olaf |
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[b297cc5] | 126 | @cindex Fr@"ubis-Kr@"uge,r Anne |
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| 127 | @cindex Keilen, Thomas |
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[53c00b] | 128 | @cindex Kr@"uger, Kai |
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[b297cc5] | 129 | @cindex Lossen, Christoph |
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| 130 | @cindex Levandovskyy, Victor |
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[53c00b] | 131 | @cindex Pohl, Wilfred |
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[b297cc5] | 132 | @cindex Schulze, Mathias |
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| 133 | @cindex Westenberger, Eric |
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[53c00b] | 134 | @cindex Wichmann, Tim |
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| 135 | |
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[3de58c] | 136 | Past members of the @sc{Singular} team are: |
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[b297cc5] | 137 | Hubert Grassmann, |
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| 138 | Wolfgang Neumann, |
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| 139 | Jens Schmidt, |
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| 140 | R@"udiger Stobbe. |
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| 141 | @cindex Grassmann, Hubert |
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| 142 | @cindex Neumann, Wolfgang |
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| 143 | @cindex Schmidt, Jens |
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| 144 | @cindex Stobbe, R@"udiger |
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[91dbdf] | 145 | |
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[b297cc5] | 146 | Further contributions to @sc{Singular} were made by: |
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| 147 | Thomas Bayer, |
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| 148 | Isabelle Bermejo, |
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[e3663f1] | 149 | Stephan Endra@ss{}, |
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[b297cc5] | 150 | Jose Ignacio Farran Martin, |
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[fd7129] | 151 | Wolfram Decker, |
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[b297cc5] | 152 | Philippe Gimenez, |
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[fd7129] | 153 | Christian Gorzel, |
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[b297cc5] | 154 | Agnes Heydtmann, |
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[e3663f1] | 155 | Dietmar Hillebrand, |
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[b297cc5] | 156 | Tobias Hirsch, |
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[fd7129] | 157 | Martin Lamm, |
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[f357d6e] | 158 | Bernd Martin, |
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[b297cc5] | 159 | Michael Me@ss{}ollen, |
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| 160 | Thomas N@"u@ss{}ler, |
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[e3663f1] | 161 | Moritz Wenk. |
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[fd7129] | 162 | |
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[53c00b] | 163 | |
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[91dbdf] | 164 | We should like to acknowledge the financial support given by |
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| 165 | the Volkswagen-Stiftung, |
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| 166 | the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
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[e113e3] | 167 | and the Stiftung f@"ur Innovation des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz |
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| 168 | to the @sc{Singular} project. |
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[91dbdf] | 169 | |
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