PointCheckAttempts -- Number of times the the function will search for a point

Description

i1 : R = ZZ/11[x,y,z];

i2 : I = ideal(x,y);

o2 : Ideal of R

i3 : randomPoints(I, PointCheckAttempts=>1)

o3 = {{0, 0, -5}}

o3 : List

i4 : randomPoints(I, PointCheckAttempts=>1000)

o4 = {{0, 0, 5}}

o4 : List

See also

• randomPoints -- a function to find random points in a variety.
• extendIdealByNonZeroMinor -- extends the ideal to aid finding singular locus
• findANonZeroMinor -- finds a non-vanishing minor at some randomly chosen point

Functions with optional argument named PointCheckAttempts :

• "extendIdealByNonZeroMinor(...,PointCheckAttempts=>...)"
• "findANonZeroMinor(...,PointCheckAttempts=>...)"
• "randomPoints(...,PointCheckAttempts=>...)"