Applications of computational algebraic geometry : American Mathematical Society, Short Course, January 6-7, 1997, San Diego, California / David A. Cox and Bernd Sturmfels, editors ; Dinesh Manocha [a

A textbook that starts with the discovery of Grobner bases and resultants and goes on to discuss some of the recent methods for solving systems of polynomial equations along with samples of possible applications. Aimed at those with no previous aquaintance with the material.