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apolar(RingElement,ZZ) -- homogeneous components of the apolar ideal

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Description

i1 : F = randomBinaryForm 7

        7     6       5 2     4 3     3 4     2 5       6     7
o1 = 18t  + 2t t  + 9t t  + 2t t  + 4t t  + 3t t  + 6t t  + 3t
        0     0 1     0 1     0 1     0 1     0 1     0 1     1

o1 : QQ[t ..t ]
         0   1
i2 : apolar(F,4)

                 4          3             2 2             3          4
o2 = ideal(75621t  + 740842t t  - 3587636t t  - 2099787t t  + 741116t )
                 0          0 1           0 1           0 1          1

o2 : Ideal of QQ[t ..t ]
                  0   1
i3 : apolar(F,5)

                 3 2        2 3          4        5       4          2 3  
o3 = ideal (1355t t  - 5785t t  - 3840t t  + 1321t , 1355t t  - 7610t t  -
                 0 1        0 1        0 1        1       0 1        0 1  
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
         4       5      5         2 3           4         5
     5t t  + 338t , 271t  - 47505t t  - 33770t t  + 11872t )
       0 1       1      0         0 1         0 1         1

o3 : Ideal of QQ[t ..t ]
                  0   1

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