This vital contribution to the literature on combinatorics, algebra and differential equations develops two fundamental finiteness properties of the semigroup Z_(=0)^n that elucidate key aspects of theories propounded by Hilbert and Kouchnirenko, among others.

This vital contribution to the literature on combinatorics, algebra and differential equations develops two fundamental finiteness properties of the semigroup Z_(=0)^n that elucidate key aspects of theories propounded by Hilbert and Kouchnirenko, among others.