Singular

5.1.105 option

Syntax:

option ()

Type:

string

Purpose:

lists all defined options.

Syntax:

option ( option_name )

Type:

none

Purpose:

sets an option.

Note:

To disable an option, use the prefix no.

Syntax:

option ( get )

Type:

intvec

Purpose:

dumps the state of all options to an intvec.

Syntax:

option ( set, intvec_expression )

Type:

none

Purpose:

restores the state of all options from an intvec (produced by option(get)).

Values:

The following options are used to manipulate the behavior of computations and act like boolean switches. Use the prefix no to disable an option. Notice that some options are ring dependent and reset to their default values on a change of the current basering.

none

turns off all options (including the prompt option).

warn

be aware of pitfalls. See option(warn).

returnSB

the functions syz, intersect (2 arguments), quotient return a standard base instead of a generating set if returnSB is set. This option should not be used for lift.

fastHC

tries to find the highest corner of the staircase (HC) as fast as possible during a standard basis computation (only used for local orderings).

infRedTail

local normal form computations will not use the ecart to avoid possibly infinite tail reductions: should only be used with extreme care.
By default, it is only set in the case of a zero-dimensional ideal.

intStrategy

avoids division of coefficients during standard basis computations. This option is ring dependent. By default, it is set for rings with characteristic 0 and not set for all other rings.

lazy

uses a more lazy approach in std computations, which was used in SINGULAR version before 2-0 (and which may lead to faster or slower computations, depending on the example)

length

select shorter reducers in std computations,

notRegularity

disables the regularity bound for res and mres (see regularity).

notSugar

turns off sugar strategy during standard basis computation and reduction.

notBuckets

disables the bucket representation of polynomials during standard basis computations. This option usually decreases the memory consumption but increases the computation time. It should only be set for memory-critical standard basis computations.

prot

shows protocol information indicating the progress during the following computations: facstd, fglm, groebner, intersect, lres, mres, minres, mstd, res, slimgb, sres, std, stdfglm, stdhilb, syz. See below for more details.

qringNF

simplifies modulo the current qring in all assignments.

redSB

computes a reduced standard basis in any standard basis computation.

redTail

reduction of the tails of polynomials during standard basis computations. This option is ring dependent. By default, it is set for rings with global degree orderings and not set for all other rings. This option changes the reduction strategy and may decrease/increase time and memory consumption - it does not ensure tail reduction on the result - use redSB for that.

redThrough

for inhomogenous input, polynomial reductions during standard basis computations are never postponed, but always finished through. This option is ring dependent. By default, it is set for rings with global degree orderings and not set for all other rings. This option changes the reduction strategy and may decrease/increase time and memory consumption.

sugarCrit

uses criteria similar to the homogeneous case to keep more pairs which would be excluded by other criteria but which may be useful for downstream computations. This option changes the strategy for criteria and selection and may decrease/increase time and memory consumption.

weightM

automatically computes suitable weights for the weighted ecart and the weighted sugar method.

cancelunit

avoids to divide polynomials by non-constant units in std in the local case. Should usually not be used.

contentSB

avoids to divide by the content of a polynomial in std and related algorithms. Should usually not be used.

intersectElim

prefers elimination to compute intersections (experimental, will be removed in the next release). Should usually not be used.

intersectSyz

prefers syzygy methods to compute intersections (experimental, will be removed in the next release). Should usually not be used.

The following options, which also control computations, are special, since they are not manipulated by the option command but by a direct assignment of a value. Reset the option by assigning the value 0; the command option(none) will not reset them! If there is a non-zero value assigned, the command option() prints the option.

multBound

a multiplicity bound is set (see multBound).

degBound

a degree bound is set (see degBound).

The last set of options controls the output of SINGULAR:

Imap

shows the mapping of variables with the fetch and imap commands.

debugLib

warns about syntax errors when loading a library.

defRes

shows the names of the syzygy modules while converting resolution to list

loadLib

shows loading of libraries (set by default).

loadProc

shows loading of procedures from libraries.

mem

shows memory usage in square brackets (see memory).

notWarnSB

do not warn about using a generating set instead of a standard basis.

prompt

shows prompt (>, resp. .) if ready for input (default).

reading

shows the number of characters read from a file.

redefine

warns about variable redefinitions (set by default).

usage

shows correct usage in error messages (set by default).

Example:

option(prot); option(); ==> //options: prot redefine usage prompt option(notSugar); option(); ==> //options: prot notSugar redefine usage prompt option(noprot); option(); ==> //options: notSugar redefine usage prompt option(none); option(); ==> //options: none ring r=0,x,dp; degBound=22; option(); ==> //options: degBound redTail redThrough intStrategy intvec i=option(get); option(none); option(set,i); option(); ==> //options: degBound redTail redThrough intStrategy

The output reported on option(prot) has the following meaning:

See degBound; multBound; std.