extractInclusionMinimalIdeals -- Extract inclusion minimal ideals from a list of ideals

Synopsis

• Usage:

  extractInclusionMinimalIdeals L

• Inputs:
  • L, a list of ideals
• Optional inputs:
  • Verbose => ..., default value false, generate informative output
• Outputs:
  • the list with some redundant ideals removed

Description

i1 : R = QQ[a,b]

o1 = R

o1 : PolynomialRing

i2 : L = {ideal(a^4),ideal(a^3),ideal(a^5),ideal(b^2*a) }

             4         3         5           2
o2 = {ideal a , ideal a , ideal a , ideal(a*b )}

o2 : List

i3 : extractInclusionMinimalIdeals L

             5           2
o3 = {ideal a , ideal(a*b )}

o3 : List

Caveat