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describe(RationalMap) -- describe a rational map

Synopsis

Description

i1 : ZZ/33331[t_0..t_4];
i2 : phi = rationalMap minors(2,matrix{{t_0..t_3},{t_1..t_4}});

o2 : RationalMap (quadratic rational map from PP^4 to PP^5)
i3 : describe phi

o3 = rational map defined by forms of degree 2
     source variety: PP^4
     target variety: PP^5
     coefficient ring: ZZ/33331
i4 : I = image phi;

                ZZ
o4 : Ideal of -----[x ..x ]
              33331  0   5
i5 : describe phi

o5 = rational map defined by forms of degree 2
     source variety: PP^4
     target variety: PP^5
     image: smooth quadric hypersurface in PP^5
     dominance: false
     birationality: false
     coefficient ring: ZZ/33331
i6 : ? I

o6 = smooth quadric hypersurface in PP^5
i7 : phi!;

o7 : RationalMap (quadratic rational map from PP^4 to PP^5)
i8 : describe phi

o8 = rational map defined by forms of degree 2
     source variety: PP^4
     target variety: PP^5
     image: smooth quadric hypersurface in PP^5
     dominance: false
     birationality: false
     degree of map: 1
     projective degrees: {1, 2, 4, 4, 2}
     number of minimal representatives: 1
     dimension base locus: 1
     degree base locus: 4
     coefficient ring: ZZ/33331

See also

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