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Ideal Theory and Gröbner Bases


New Features:

  • The F4 algorithm is now used for computing with ideals having fixed bases. Thus the coordinate matrix for a GB is now found much more quickly.

  • A new function NormalForm(L, G), based on Faugere F4 techniques, is now provided to reduce a sequence of polynomials L modulo another sequence of polynomials G (or an ideal). This is important for the efficient computation of the secondary invariants of a finite group.

  • The memory management in the F4 algorithm has been improved so that less memory is used when there are extremely large ultrasparse matrices; the time is significantly reduced in such cases.

  • The main strategy to compute the GB of an ideal has been improved through the introduction of various preprocessing techniques.

  • Computation of GBs over algebraic number fields (including cyclotomic and quadratic fields) has been greatly improved.

  • Computation of GBs over rational function fields with a small number of indeterminates has been improved.

  • The primary decomposition and radical algorithms have been improved by heuristics to quickly determine whether or not the ideal is prime or radical (thus catching common cases quickly).

  • The computation of the Hilbert series of an ideal has been improved by more efficient selection of a suitable GB.


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