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References
- ↑ Miller, Ezra; Sturmfels, Bernd (2005), Combinatorial Commutative Algebra, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol. 227, New York: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 0-387-22356-8
- ↑ Cox, David. "Lectures on toric varieties" (PDF). Lecture 3. §4 and §5.
- ↑ Sturmfels, Bernd (1996). Gröbner Bases and Convex Polytopes. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society.
- ↑ Teissier, Bernard (2004). Monomial Ideals, Binomial Ideals, Polynomial Ideals (PDF).
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