LutzL
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A good mathematical resource is also Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics and its talk page. Enjoy! Oleg Alexandrov 17:53, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
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You may also be interested in the discussions at Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics -- linas 03:00, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
Gröbner basis and Hironaka
Hi. Concerning your recent edit of Gröbner basis, I am not sure that Hironaka's theory of "standard bases" is exactly the same. See for example Joachim Apel, Division of entire functions by polynomial ideals, in Proc. AAECC 11, LNCS 948 (1995), pp. 82-95. So if you agree but think the addition is nevertheless important, I propose that you change the text into something like: "In 1964, at almost the same time and independently, Heisuke Hironaka had developed a closely related theory, which he called standard bases." I'm not sure how close this is to your areas of expertise, but I you have interest, time and patience, perhaps you could also add some of this to the Hironaka article, putting it in context, and if possible cite the references as provided by Apel's paper. Cheerio. LambiamTalk 13:46, 3 May 2006 (UTC)