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<div><h1>Macaulay2Doc</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
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Macaulay2 is a software system devoted to supporting research in algebraic geometry and commutative algebra, developed with funding from the National Science Foundation. We are eager to help new users get started with it.</div>
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<div class="single"><h2>Authors</h2>
<ul><li><div class="single"><a href="http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~dan/">Daniel R. Grayson</a><span> <<a href="mailto:dan@math.uiuc.edu">dan@math.uiuc.edu</a>></span></div>
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<li><div class="single"><a href="http://www.math.cornell.edu/People/Faculty/stillman.html">Michael E. Stillman</a><span> <<a href="mailto:mike@math.cornell.edu">mike@math.cornell.edu</a>></span></div>
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<div class="single"><h2>Version</h2>
This documentation describes version <b>1.3.1</b> of Macaulay2.</div>
<div><h3>Menu</h3>
<h4>Preface</h4>
<ul><li><span><a href="___Copyright_spand_splicense.html" title="">Copyright and license</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="___Acknowledgements.html" title="">Acknowledgements</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="___The_spauthors.html" title="">The authors</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="___Other_spsources_spof_spinformation_spabout_sp__Macaulay2.html" title="">Other sources of information about Macaulay2</a></span></li>
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<h4>For the New User</h4>
<ul><li><span><a href="_getting_spstarted.html" title="">getting started</a></span></li>
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<h4>Mathematical Objects</h4>
<ul><li><span><a href="_rings.html" title="">rings</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_ideals.html" title="">ideals</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_matrices.html" title="">matrices</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_substitution_spand_spmaps_spbetween_springs.html" title="">substitution and maps between rings</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_modules.html" title="">modules</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_chain_spcomplexes.html" title="">chain complexes</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_varieties.html" title="">varieties</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="___Gröbner_spbases.html" title="">Gröbner bases</a></span></li>
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<h4>Some Mathematical Computations</h4>
<ul><li><span><a href="_normal_spforms.html" title="">normal forms</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_elimination_spof_spvariables.html" title="">elimination of variables</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_combinatorial_spfunctions.html" title="">combinatorial functions</a></span></li>
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<h4>The Macaulay2 Language</h4>
<ul><li><span><a href="___The_sp__Macaulay2_splanguage.html" title="">The Macaulay2 language</a></span></li>
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<h4>Packages</h4>
<ul><li><span><a href="_packages_spprovided_spwith_sp__Macaulay2.html" title="">packages provided with Macaulay2</a></span></li>
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<h4>Appendix</h4>
<ul><li><span><a href="_changes_spto_sp__Macaulay2_cm_spby_spversion.html" title="">changes to Macaulay2, by version</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_mathematical_spexamples.html" title="">mathematical examples</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_basic_spcommutative_spalgebra.html" title="">basic commutative algebra</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_replacements_spfor_spcommands_spand_spscripts_spfrom_sp__Macaulay.html" title="">replacements for commands and scripts from Macaulay</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_how_sp__Macaulay2_spfinds_spits_spfiles.html" title="">how Macaulay2 finds its files</a></span></li>
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<h4>Reference material</h4>
<ul><li><span><a href="___Type.html" title="the class of all types">Type</a> -- the class of all types</span></li>
<li><span><a href="___Function.html" title="the class of all functions">Function</a> -- the class of all functions</span></li>
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