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5  intro.xml            GradedRingForHomalg package documentation               Mohamed Barakat
6                                                                        Markus Lange-Hegermann
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8         Copyright (C) 2010, Mohamed Barakat, University of Kaiserslautern
9                      Markus Lange-Hegermann, RWTH-Aachen University
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11This chapter gives a short introduction and explains the philosophy
12behind the package.
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16<Chapter Label="intro">
17  <Heading>Introduction</Heading>
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19  <Section Label="role">
20    <Heading>What is the Role of the &GradedRingForHomalg; Package in
21    the &homalg; Project?</Heading> The &homalg; project
22    <Cite Key="homalg-project"/> aims at providing a general and
23    abstract framework for homological computations. The package
24    &GradedRingForHomalg; enables the &homalg; project to endow
25    commutative rings in &homalg; with an Abelian grading.
26  </Section>
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28  <Section Label="Functionality">
29    <Heading>Functionality</Heading> The package &GradedRingForHomalg;
30    on the one hand builds on the package &MatricesForHomalg; and on
31    the other hands adds functionality to &MatricesForHomalg;.
32  </Section>
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34  <Section Label="math">
35    <Heading>The Math Behind This Package</Heading>
36  </Section>
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38</Chapter>
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