In Section 3 Getting started, some simple examples are explained in a step-by-step manner to introduce into SINGULAR.
Section 4 Examples should come next for real learning-by-doing or to quickly solve some given mathematical problems without dwelling to deeply into SINGULAR.
Throughout this manual, the following typographical conventions are adopted:
typewriter
denotes SINGULAR input and output as well
as reserved names:
setring
.
poly p=x+y+z;
p*p;
==> x2+2xy+y2+2xz+2yz+z2
N
(press the key N
to get to the next node in help
mode)
RETURN
(press RETURN
to finish an input line)
CTRL-P
(press control key together with the key P
to
get the previous input line)