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Re: FindRoot & Grobner basis


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  • Subject: [mg11767] Re: FindRoot & Grobner basis
  • From: Etienne HUENS <huens@fynu.ucl.ac.be>
  • Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 00:25:09 -0500
  • Organization: University of Louvain - Nuclear Physics Department
  • References: <6embiq$njj@smc.vnet.net> <6f155r$fq9$4@dragonfly.wolfram.com>

Michael Chang wrote:
> 
> blablabla ...  If one has
> any tutorial about Groebner Basis, I'd also be interested in hearing
> about it!
> 

You will find interesting stuff in
http://www.can.nl/CA_Library/Groebner/ There is a link called
"tutorials".

Here is a question :

I start with an introduction. 

In[1]:=  Expand[ (1 + 2x + y)^3 ]
Out[1]=  1 + 6 x + 12 x^2 + 8 x^3 + 3 y + 12 x y + 12 x^2 y + 3 y^2 + 
         6 x y^2 + y^3

The terms are put in ascending order. So, I can write : x < x^2 < x^3 <
y < x y < x^2 y < y^2 < x y^2 < y^3 If I associate to each term a
vector with the variable's power, we have: (1,0) < (2,0) < (3,0) <
(0,1) < (1,1) < (2,1) < (0,2) < (1,2) < (0,3).

If s and t are the vectors associated to two terms of a pol.,  we have,
w.r.t. the order used by Mathematica :
        s < t  <=> the most rigther non-zero component of t-s is
                   positive.

It's a kind of "lexical" order.

Q1 : What is the name of this order ? Q2 : Is it possible (and how) to
ask Mathematica to work with a different
     order ? It may be intersting when working with grobner basis.

I hope to be clear. If not, tell me.

Thanks,

Etienne Huens



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