killCycles(...,StartDegree=>...) -- First homological degree from which killCycles begins searching for cycles

killCycles searches upward from StartDegree for the first degree containing a non-bounding cycle, then adjoins generators to kill that cycle. See StartDegree.

Functions with optional argument named StartDegree:

• acyclicClosure(...,StartDegree=>...) -- Option to specify the degree to start computing the acyclic closure.
• getGenerators(...,StartDegree=>...) -- First homological degree in which to search for new algebra generators
• killCycles(...,StartDegree=>...) -- First homological degree from which killCycles begins searching for cycles
• minimalModel(...,StartDegree=>...) -- see minimalModel -- Build the minimal DG algebra resolution of a quotient ring
• minimalSemifreeResolution(...,StartDegree=>...) -- Option to specify the degree at which minimalSemifreeResolution starts killing cycles
• semifreeResolution(...,StartDegree=>...) -- Option to specify the degree at which semifreeResolution starts killing cycles

Further information

• Default value: 1
• Function: killCycles -- Adjoin variables to kill non-bounding cycles in the lowest positive degree
• Option key: StartDegree -- Option to specify the first homological degree processed by an iterative DG construction