A Simple Introduction to Gröbner Basis Methods in String Phenomenology

I give an elementary introduction to the key algorithm used in recent applications of computational algebraic geometry to the subject of string phenomenology. I begin with a simple description of the algorithm itself and then give 3 examples of its use in physics. I describe how it can be used to ob...

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Main Author: James Gray
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Advances in High Energy Physics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/217035
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