Groebner
Support
compute the support of a polynomial
Calling Sequence
Parameters
Description
Examples
Support(f, T)
f
-
polynomial or a list or set of polynomials
T
(optional) list or set of variables, MonomialOrder, or ShortMonomialOrder
The Support command returns the list of the monomials present in a polynomial f. It automatically maps onto lists and sets, and can be used to quickly reveal the structure of a large Groebner basis.
An optional second argument T may be a list or set of variables or a MonomialOrder or ShortMonomialOrder. If a monomial order is supplied then the resulting list of monomials is sorted in the monomial order. If T is a list then the monomials are sorted in lexicographical order, or if T is a set then the monomials are not sorted.
Here, Support returns an unsorted list of monomials.
The monomials are sorted in lexicographic order with .
The monomials are sorted in graded lexicographic order with .
Sometimes it is hard to see the structure of a Groebner basis. Support can quickly reveal the structure.
See Also
Groebner basis
InitialForm
LeadingTerm
Monomial Orders
MonomialOrder
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