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initialIdeal -- compute the initial ideal of a given ideal

Synopsis

Description

Example:

i1 : E=QQ[e_1..e_5,SkewCommutative=>true]

o1 = E

o1 : PolynomialRing, 5 skew commutative variable(s)
i2 : I=ideal {e_1*e_2+e_3*e_4*e_5,e_1*e_3+e_4*e_5,e_2*e_3*e_4}

o2 = ideal (e e e  + e e , e e  + e e , e e e )
             3 4 5    1 2   1 3    4 5   2 3 4

o2 : Ideal of E
i3 : initialIdeal I

o3 = ideal (e e e , e e e , e e e , e e e , e e , e e )
             2 3 4   1 4 5   2 4 5   3 4 5   1 2   1 3

o3 : Ideal of E

Ways to use initialIdeal :

For the programmer

The object initialIdeal is a method function.