Hi Max, my approach would be to use Sage, which allows for interaction between GAP, Singular, and many other packages, all in comfort of your Python shell :) But I might be biased. Best, Dima
On 28 September 2011 00:02, Max Horn <mh...@tu-bs.de> wrote: > Dear all, > > I was wondering what the "best" way (or just a "good" way) is for using > Singular (and esp. the "letterplace" extension) from within my GAP code. I > need to enter relations in a module, and then read the resulting Groebner > basis back into GAP. I need to use different coefficient rings; and I will at > times want to compute a GB, then add some more relations, compute a new GB, > add some more relations etc. until the GB does not grow anymore. > > I am aware of the following possibilities, but can't compare them well, and > maybe there are more. > > * the "singular" GAP package. However, this seems to be outdated and did not > work well for me. > > * "homalg" seems to be able to interact with Singular, but I am not sure how > generic this is > > * the SCSCP project looks highly promising for this, but I am not sure how > well supported this is from the Singular side, nor could I find any further > information on this. > > * lastly, I guess I could use the GAP "IO" package to try to directly control > GAP. > > > Any suggestions, recommendations, etc. would be highly welcome. > > Cheers, > Max > -- > Dr. Max Horn > AG Algebra und Diskrete Mathematik > Institut Computational Mathematics > TU Braunschweig > Pockelsstrasse 14, D-38106 Braunschweig > Tel: (+49) 531 391-7526 > Fax: (+49) 531 391-7414 > Web: http://www.icm.tu-bs.de/~mhorn/ > Email: mh...@tu-bs.de > > > _______________________________________________ > Forum mailing list > Forum@mail.gap-system.org > http://mail.gap-system.org/mailman/listinfo/forum > CONFIDENTIALITY: This email is intended solely for the person(s) named and may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it, notify us and do not copy, use, or disclose its content. Thank you. Towards A Sustainable Earth: Print Only When Necessary _______________________________________________ Forum mailing list Forum@mail.gap-system.org http://mail.gap-system.org/mailman/listinfo/forum