1 | Singular version 1.0 |
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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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5 | (C) 1986-1997 All Rights Reserved |
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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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10 | This directory contains the source files for the Singular kernel and |
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11 | the following subdirectories: |
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12 | |
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13 | 'doc' -- contains sources for Singular documentation files |
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14 | 'check' -- contains a small Singular self-test |
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15 | 'LIB' -- contains Singular libraries written in Singular's |
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16 | programming language |
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17 | |
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18 | See the following files in this directory |
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19 | 'INSTALL' -- for information on how to install Singular |
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20 | 'COPYING' -- for copying and license information |
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21 | |
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22 | See below for an overview of Singular, and for distribution and |
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23 | support information. |
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24 | |
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25 | If you receive this file as part of a complete Singular distribution, |
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26 | see also the README.src, COPYING.src, and INSTALL files contained in the top |
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27 | directory of the full Singular distribution. |
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28 | |
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29 | |
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30 | Overview of Singular |
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31 | ==================== |
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32 | Singular is a special-purpose computer algebra system for commutative |
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33 | algebra and algebraic geometry. The main features of Singular are: |
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34 | |
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35 | * Computations in very general rings (polynomial rings, localizations |
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36 | of rings at a prime ideal, tensor products of rings) over many |
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37 | ground fields (rational numbers, mod p numbers, Galois fields, |
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38 | transcendental/algebraic extensions) and monomial orderings (all |
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39 | standard monomial orderings, including matrix orderings) |
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40 | |
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41 | * Very fast standard (resp. Groebner) bases computations |
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42 | |
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43 | * Polynomial factorization, resultant, and gcd computations |
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44 | |
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45 | * Large variety of implemented related algorithm: FGLM, |
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46 | Hilbert-driven, Factorizing Buchberger; Minimal resolutions, |
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47 | Primary decomposition; Usual ideal theoretic operations; standard |
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48 | combinatorial algorithms. |
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49 | |
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50 | * Efficient and flexible communication links based on the MP |
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51 | protocol and library |
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52 | |
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53 | * Easy-to-use, command-driven user-interface |
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54 | |
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55 | * Intuitive, C-like programming language |
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56 | |
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57 | * Extensive libraries of procedures, written in Singular's |
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58 | programming language |
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59 | |
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60 | * Written in C/C++. Available as source and binary for some hard- and |
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61 | software platforms (including most Un*x variants, MS-DOG, MacOS) |
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62 | |
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63 | |
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64 | Distribution of Singular |
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65 | ======================== |
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66 | The newest version of Singular is always available by anonymous ftp |
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67 | from |
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68 | www.mathematik.uni-kl.de:/pub/Math/Singular |
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69 | |
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70 | Binary versions of Singular for common hard- and software |
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71 | platforms are contained in the files Singular-1.0.<platform>.gz where |
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72 | <platform> is, for example, 'linux', 'SunOS', etc. See the file |
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73 | README.bin for more information about the distribution of Singular |
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74 | binaries. |
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75 | |
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76 | Architecture - independent files (such as libraries written in the |
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77 | Singular programming language, and the Singular documentation) are |
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78 | distributed as Singular-1.0-share.tar.gz. See the file README.share |
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79 | for more information. |
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80 | |
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81 | In general, Singular is only available as binary program. For |
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82 | exceptions, you may contact us at |
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83 | singular@mathematik.uni-kl.de |
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84 | |
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85 | The source is distributed in two versions: |
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86 | 1. A full source distribution of Singular is contained in |
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87 | Singular-full-1.0.tar.gz. This (gzip'ed and tar'ed) file |
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88 | contains the source code, documentation, and supporting data |
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89 | files for the Singular kernel, and for all add-on packages, |
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90 | i.e. for the GMP, MP, Factory, and Libfac libraries. |
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91 | |
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92 | 2. A kernel source distribution of Singular can be found in |
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93 | Singular-1.0.tar.gz This (gzip'ed and tar'ed) contains the |
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94 | sources, documentation and supporting data files for Singular, |
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95 | only, i.e., it comes WITHOUT the sources for any of the add-on |
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96 | packages. |
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97 | |
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98 | Singular's performance is best, if it is linked with the GNU Multiple |
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99 | precision library (GMP), instead of the smallgmp library which is |
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100 | contained in the full source distribution. Furhtermore, Singular's |
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101 | terminal i/o is most convenient if it is linked with the GNU readline |
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102 | library. The GMP library and the readline library is available at |
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103 | ftp.gnu.ai.mit.edu or its mirrors. You have to have these library |
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104 | already installed, before Singular can be linked with them. For more |
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105 | information, see the file README.src contained in this directory. |
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106 | |
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107 | The MP library library is avialbale from mcs.kent.edu:/pub/MP/ |
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108 | For further information on MP, see also |
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109 | http://symbolicnet.mcs.kent.edu/areas/protocols/mp.html |
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110 | |
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111 | The factory and libfac library are available from |
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112 | www.mathematik.uni-kl.de:/pub/Math/ |
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113 | |
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114 | Documentation to Singular is distributed as: |
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115 | Singular-1.0.dvi.gz - Reference manual in dvi format |
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116 | Tutorial.dvi.gz - Singular tutorial in dvi format |
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117 | Singular-1.0.ps.gz - Reference manual in postscript format |
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118 | Tutorial.dvi.gz - Singular tutorial in postscript format |
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119 | singular.hlp.gz - Reference manual in Info format |
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120 | Singular-1.0.html.tar.gz - Reference manual in html format |
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121 | |
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122 | |
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123 | More information about Singular: Comments, Questions, Bug Reports |
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124 | ================================================================= |
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125 | |
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126 | More and up-to-date information about Singular is always available |
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127 | from |
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128 | http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~wwwzca/Singular |
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129 | We very much welcome any comments, questions, and bug reports. Please |
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130 | contact us at |
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131 | singular@mathematik.uni-kl.de |
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132 | |
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133 | |
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134 | GOOD LUCK and ENJOY! Your Singular team. |
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