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Binomials :: binomialMinimalPrimes

binomialMinimalPrimes -- minimal primes of a binomial Ideal

Synopsis

Description

The binomial minimal primes of a binomial ideal over QQ exist only in extension fields.
R = QQ[x,y,z]
I = ideal(y^3,y^2*z^2-x^3,x*y^2*z,x^3*z-x*y)
binomialMinimalPrimes I
If the option Verbose is set (default), then output about the number of components found so far will be generated.

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