The general hint, if you want to compute Minor numbers fast,
is to do it over larger prime characteristic.
So instead of choosing general prime numbers for the coefficients
define for instance:
Quote:
ring r32003,(x,y,z,w,t),ds;
int p=3;int q=5;
ideal j=x^p+y^p+z^p+w^p+2099t^p,3x^q+2y^q+7z^q+1093w^q-1091t^q;
option(prot);
milnor(j);
Not that the prime charcteristic is should be so large such that
coefficients of jacob(j), or at least the degrees of the terms of f
are relatively prime (gcd == 1) to the characteristic.
After this you may recheck it in char 0. The output of option(prot) in char > 0
shows you at which stage you are in char 0 with the computation.