### 5.1.78 lres

`Syntax:`
  `lres (` ideal_expression`,` int_expression `)`
`Type:`
  resolution
`Purpose:`
  computes a free resolution of an ideal using LaScala's algorithm.

  More precisely, let R be the basering and I be the given ideal. Then `lres` computes a minimal free resolution of R/I

  If the int_expression k is not zero then the computation stops after k steps and returns a list of modules , i=1..k.

  `list L=lres(I,0);` returns a list L of n modules (where n is the number of variables of the basering) such that in the above notation.

`Note:`
  The ideal_expression has to be homogeneous.
  Accessing single elements of a resolution may require that some partial computations have to be finished and may therefore take some time.
`Example:`

        ring r=0,(x,y,z),dp;
        ideal I=xz,yz,x3-y3;
        def L=lres(I,0);
        print(betti(L),"betti");
      ==>            0     1     2
      ==> ------------------------
      ==>     0:     1     -     -
      ==>     1:     -     2     1
      ==>     2:     -     1     1
      ==> ------------------------
      ==> total:     1     3     2
      ==>
        L[2];     // the first syzygy module of r/I
      ==> _[1]=-x*gen(1)+y*gen(2)
      ==> _[2]=-x2*gen(2)+y2*gen(1)+z*gen(3)

See betti; hres; ideal; int; minres; module; mres; res; sres.

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