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normal_cone

Usage:
	<normal_conecone J T L
Compute the graded ring T/L = R/J + J/J^2 + J^2/J^3 + ...,
where R is the base ring of J, and T is a polynomial ring over R
supplied by the user.  T/L corresponds to the normal cone of the scheme
defined by J.
Parameters:
 J = an ideal.
 T = a polynomial ring over R in variables whose weights are 
 proportional to the degrees of the generators of J.
Output values:
 L = the result ideal in the ring T.
The ring R may be a quotient ring.
The normal cone is computed by writing R[tJ] = T/L1.  Then the ideal
L = L1 + JT.



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