resolution(Ideal) -- compute a projective resolution of (the quotient ring corresponding to) an ideal

Synopsis

Usage:
resolution I
Function: resolution
Inputs:
- I, an ideal, an ideal in a ring R, say
Outputs:
- a chain complex, a resolution of R/I by projective R-modules
Optional inputs:
- DegreeLimit => ..., -- compute only up to this degree
- HardDegreeLimit => ...,
- LengthLimit => ..., -- stop when the resolution reaches this length
- PairLimit => ..., -- stop when this number of pairs has been handled
- SortStrategy => ...,
- StopBeforeComputation => ..., -- whether to stop the computation immediately
- Strategy => ...,
- SyzygyLimit => ..., -- stop when this number of syzygies are obtained

Description

i1 : R = ZZ[a..d]

o1 = R

o1 : PolynomialRing

i2 : I = ideal(a,b,c,d)

o2 = ideal (a, b, c, d)

o2 : Ideal of R

i3 : C = res I

      1      4      6      4      1
o3 = R  <-- R  <-- R  <-- R  <-- R  <-- 0
                                         
     0      1      2      3      4      5

o3 : ChainComplex

i4 : C_2

      6
o4 = R

o4 : R-module, free, degrees {2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2}

i5 : C.dd_2

o5 = {1} | 0  0  0  -b -c -d |
     {1} | 0  -c -d a  0  0  |
     {1} | -d b  0  0  a  0  |
     {1} | c  0  b  0  0  a  |

             4       6
o5 : Matrix R  <--- R

resolution(Ideal) -- compute a projective resolution of (the quotient ring corresponding to) an ideal

Synopsis

Description

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