### 7.3.15 mres (plural)

`Syntax:`
  `mres (` ideal_expression`,` int_expression `)`
  `mres (` module_expression`,` int_expression `)`
`Type:`
  resolution
`Purpose:`
  computes a minimal free resolution of an ideal or module M with the Groebner basis method. More precisely, let A=`matrix`(M), then `mres` computes a free resolution of

  where the columns of the matrix are a (possibly) minimal set of generators of . If the int expression k is not zero, then the computation stops after k steps and returns a resolution consisting of modules , .
  `mres(M,0)` returns a resolution consisting of at most n+2 modules, where n is the number of variables of the basering. Let `list L=mres(M,0);` then `L[1]` consists of a minimal set of generators `M`, `L[2]` consists of a minimal set of generators for the first syzygy module of `L[1]`, etc., until `L[p+1]`, such that for , but `L[p+1]` (the first syzygy module of `L[p]`) is 0 (if the basering is not a qring).
`Note:`
  Accessing single elements of a resolution may require that some partial computations have to be finished and may therefore take some time. Hence, assigning right away to a list is the recommended way to do it.
`Example:`

      LIB "ncalg.lib";
      def A = makeUsl2();
      setring A; // this algebra is U(sl_2)
      option(redSB);
      option(redTail);
      ideal i = e,f,h;
      i = std(i);
      resolution M=mres(i,0);
      M;
      ==>  1      2      2      1
      ==> A <--  A <--  A <--  A
      ==>
      ==> 0      1      2      3
      ==>
      list l = M; l;
      ==> [1]:
      ==>    _[1]=f
      ==>    _[2]=e
      ==> [2]:
      ==>    _[1]=ef*gen(1)-f2*gen(2)-2h*gen(1)-2*gen(1)
      ==>    _[2]=e2*gen(1)-ef*gen(2)-h*gen(2)+2*gen(2)
      ==> [3]:
      ==>    _[1]=e*gen(1)-f*gen(2)
      // see the exactness at this point
      size(ideal(transpose(l[2])*transpose(l[1])));
      ==> 0
      print(matrix(M[3]));
      ==> e,
      ==> -f
      // see the exactness at this point
      size(ideal(transpose(l[3])*transpose(l[2])));
      ==> 0

See ideal (plural); minres (plural); module (plural); nres (plural).

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