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Chordal :: adjacentMinorsIdeal

adjacentMinorsIdeal -- ideal of adjacent minors

Synopsis

Usage:

adjacentMinorsIdeal(kk,m,n)
Inputs:
- kk, a ring,
- m, an integer,
- n, an integer,
Outputs:
- an ideal,

Description

Returns the ideal of maximal adjacent minors of a $m\times n$ matrix.

i1 : I = adjacentMinorsIdeal(QQ,2,6)

o1 = ideal (a*d - b*c, c*f - d*e, e*h - f*g, g*j - h*i, i*l - j*k)

o1 : Ideal of QQ[a..l]

For the programmer

The object adjacentMinorsIdeal is a function closure.