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hom_is_0

Usage:
    <hom_is_0 a b
The output is the null matrix
iff Hom is 0.  Useful for
checking whether an element is a
nonzerodivisor (but the script NZD does it a different way.)
Parameters:
            a,b modules
This version of the script hom is optimized for testing
hom for 0.
Modulo is used in place of the
call to <kernel in the script Hom, and reduce is used
to make the test.  For further description, see hom.



Sorin Popescu
Fri Feb 14 17:37:19 EST 1997