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pointsByIntersection -- computes ideal of point set by intersecting maximal ideals

Synopsis

Description

This function computes the ideal of a finite set of points by intersecting the ideals for each point. The coordinates of the points are the columns in the input matrix M.
i1 : M = random(ZZ^3, ZZ^5)

o1 = | 6 1 6 1 1 |
     | 5 1 1 5 3 |
     | 7 9 7 2 2 |

              3        5
o1 : Matrix ZZ  <--- ZZ
i2 : R = QQ[x,y,z]

o2 = R

o2 : PolynomialRing
i3 : pointsByIntersection(M,R)

       2                                       2                             
o3 = {z  + 2x - 11z + 16, x*z - 7x - z + 7, 35y  + 14y*z - 16x - 308y - 54z +
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                                      2
     649, x*y - y*z - x + y + z - 1, x  - 7x + 6}

o3 : List

See also

Ways to use pointsByIntersection :