1 | @comment -*-texinfo-*- |
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2 | @comment $Id$ |
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3 | @comment this file contains the copyright notice on Singular |
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4 | @ifclear VERSION |
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5 | @include version.texi |
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6 | @end ifclear |
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7 | |
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8 | @cindex copyright |
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9 | @cindex factory |
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10 | @cindex GMP |
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11 | @cindex MP |
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12 | @cindex NTL |
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13 | @cindex readline |
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14 | @cindex libfac |
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15 | @cindex surfex |
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16 | @cindex surfer |
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17 | @cindex graphviz |
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18 | @cindex normaliz |
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19 | |
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20 | @center @sc{Singular} version @value{VERSION} |
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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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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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24 | |
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25 | @center Copyright @copyright{} 1986-2010 |
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26 | @sp 2 |
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27 | @center @strong{NOTICE} |
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28 | |
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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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31 | the Free Software Foundation (version 2 or version 3 of the License). |
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32 | |
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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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36 | The following software modules shipped with @sc{Singular} have their own copyright: |
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37 | the omalloc library, the readline library, |
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38 | the GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP), |
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39 | NTL: A Library for doing Number Theory (NTL), |
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40 | the Multi Protocol library (MP), the |
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41 | Singular-Factory library, the Singular-libfac library, |
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42 | surfex, and, |
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43 | for the Windows distributions, the Cygwin DLL and the Cygwin tools (Cygwin), and the |
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44 | XEmacs editor (XEmacs). |
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45 | |
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46 | Their copyrights and licenses can be found in the accompanying files COPYING |
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47 | which are distributed along with these packages. |
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48 | (Since version 3-0-3 of @sc{Singular}, all parts have GPL or LGPL |
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49 | as (one of) their licences.) |
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50 | |
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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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55 | |
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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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59 | (see @uref{http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html,,GPL}) |
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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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63 | |
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64 | If you want to be informed of new releases, |
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65 | please register as a @sc{Singular} user by |
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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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70 | @c can also register by |
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71 | sending an email to |
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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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76 | |
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77 | For information on how to cite @sc{Singular} see |
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78 | @*@uref{http://www.singular.uni-kl.de/index.php/how-to-cite-singular}. |
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79 | |
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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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83 | @heading Availability |
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84 | |
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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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87 | @ifset singularmanual |
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88 | The program @sc{Singular} and the above mentioned parts are available via |
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89 | anonymous ftp through the following addresses: |
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90 | @table @asis |
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91 | @item GMP, libreadline |
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92 | @copyright{} Free Software Foundation |
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93 | @* @uref{http://gmplib.org} |
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94 | @item MP |
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95 | @copyright{} Gray/Kajler/Wang, Kent State University |
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96 | @* @uref{http://www.symbolicnet.org/areas/protocols/mp.html} |
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97 | @item NTL |
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98 | @copyright{} Victor Shoup |
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99 | @* @uref{http://www.shoup.net/ntl} |
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100 | @item Singular-Factory |
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101 | @copyright{} Greuel/Stobbe, University of Kaiserslautern: |
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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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107 | @uref{ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/} or via a |
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108 | WWW brow@-ser from |
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109 | @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/ftp/pub/Math/Singular/} |
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110 | @item Cygwin |
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111 | @uref{http://www.cygwin.com/} |
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112 | @item Xemacs |
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113 | @uref{http://www.xemacs.org} |
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114 | @end table |
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115 | Some external programs are optional: |
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116 | @table @asis |
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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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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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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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140 | @end table |
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141 | @end ifset |
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142 | |
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143 | @heading Acknowledgements |
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144 | |
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145 | The development of @sc{Singular} is directed and coordinated by |
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146 | Wolfram Decker, Gert-Martin Greuel, Gerhard Pfister, and Hans Sch@"onemann. |
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147 | |
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148 | @cindex Contributors |
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149 | @cindex Authors |
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150 | @cindex Decker, Wolfram |
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151 | @cindex Greuel, Gert-Martin |
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152 | @cindex Pfister, Gerhard |
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153 | @cindex Sch@"onemann, Hans |
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154 | |
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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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171 | |
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172 | Current @sc{Singular} developers: |
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173 | Wolfram Decker, |
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174 | Gert-Martin Greuel, |
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175 | Gerhard Pfister, |
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176 | Hans Sch@"onemann, |
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177 | |
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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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206 | Kai Kr@"uger, |
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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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212 | Christoph Lossen, |
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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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232 | and |
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233 | Eva Zerz. |
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234 | |
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235 | Further contributions to @sc{Singular} have been made by: |
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236 | Martin Albrecht, |
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237 | Olaf Bachmann, |
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238 | Muhammad Ahsan Banyamin, |
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239 | Thomas Bauer, |
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240 | Thomas Bayer, |
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241 | Markus Becker, |
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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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247 | Michael Cuntz, |
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248 | Kai Dehmann, |
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249 | Christian Dingler, |
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250 | Marcin Dumnicki, |
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251 | Stephan Endra@ss{}, |
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252 | Vladimir Gerdt, |
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253 | Philippe Gimenez, |
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254 | Christian Gorzel, |
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255 | Hubert Grassmann, |
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256 | Jan Hackfeld, |
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257 | Agnes Heydtmann, |
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258 | Dietmar Hillebrand, |
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259 | Tobias Hirsch, |
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260 | Markus Hochstetter, |
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261 | N. Idrees, |
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262 | Manuel Kauers, |
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263 | Simon King, |
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264 | Oliver Labs, |
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265 | Anen Lakhal, |
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266 | Martin Lamm, |
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267 | Francisco Javier Lobillo, |
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268 | Christoph Mang, |
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269 | Michael Me@ss{}ollen, |
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270 | Andrea Mindnich, |
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271 | Antonio Montes, |
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272 | Jorge Martin Morales, |
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273 | Thomas N@"u@ss{}ler, |
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274 | Wolfgang Neumann, |
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275 | Markus Perling, |
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276 | Wilfried Pohl, |
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277 | Tetyana Povalyaeva, |
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278 | Carlos Rabelo, |
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279 | Philipp Renner, |
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280 | J.-J.Salazar-Gonzalez, |
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281 | Alfredo Sanchez-Navarro, |
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282 | Ivor Saynisch, |
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283 | Jens Schmidt, |
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284 | Thomas Siebert, |
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285 | Christof Soeger, |
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286 | Silke Spang, |
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287 | William Stein, |
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288 | R@"udiger Stobbe, |
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289 | Henrik Strohmayer, |
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290 | Christian Stussak, |
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291 | Imade Sulandra, |
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292 | Akira Suzuki, |
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293 | Christine Theis, |
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294 | Enrique Tobis, |
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295 | Alberto Vigneron-Tenorio, |
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296 | Moritz Wenk, |
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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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303 | |
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304 | We should like to acknowledge the financial support given by |
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305 | the Volkswagen-Stiftung, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
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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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308 | |
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