Science in China Series A: Mathematics Sep., 2008, Vol. 51, No. 9, 1732{1752 www.scichina.com math.scichina.com GrÄobnerbases in di®erence-di®erential modules and di®erence-di®erential dimension polynomials ZHOU Meng1y & Franz WINKLER2 1 Department of Mathematics and LMIB, Beihang University, and KLMM, Beijing 100083, China 2 RISC-Linz, J. Kepler University Linz, A-4040 Linz, Austria (email:
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[email protected]) Abstract In this paper we extend the theory of GrÄobnerbases to di®erence-di®erential modules and present a new algorithmic approach for computing the Hilbert function of a ¯nitely generated di®erence- di®erential module equipped with the natural ¯ltration. We present and verify algorithms for construct- ing these GrÄobnerbases counterparts. To this aim we introduce the concept of \generalized term order" on Nm £ Zn and on di®erence-di®erential modules. Using GrÄobnerbases on di®erence-di®erential mod- ules we present a direct and algorithmic approach to computing the di®erence-di®erential dimension polynomials of a di®erence-di®erential module and of a system of linear partial di®erence-di®erential equations. Keywords: GrÄobnerbasis, generalized term order, di®erence-di®erential module, di®erence- di®erential dimension polynomial MSC(2000): 12-04, 47C05 1 Introduction The e±ciency of the classical GrÄobnerbasis method for the solution of problems by algorithmic way in polynomial ideal theory is well-known. The results of Buchberger[1] on GrÄobnerbases in polynomial rings have been generalized by many researchers to non-commutative case, especially to modules over various rings of di®erential operators.