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StartSystem -- optional input to construct and solve a random coefficient system

Description

Put StartSystem=>true as an argument in the function mixedVolume to tell the method to use polyhedral homotopies. Polyhedral homotopies solve a system with the same Newton polytopes as the original system and with random complex coefficients. This random coefficient system can serve as a start system to solve the original input system.

Functions with optional argument named StartSystem :

For the programmer

The object StartSystem is a symbol.