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diff --git a/src/algebra/catdef.spad.pamphlet b/src/algebra/catdef.spad.pamphlet
index 4c6317f3..0a1a435b 100644
--- a/src/algebra/catdef.spad.pamphlet
+++ b/src/algebra/catdef.spad.pamphlet
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ LeftModule(R:Rng):Category == Join(AbelianGroup, LeftLinearSet R)
)abbrev category LINEXP LinearlyExplicitRingOver
++ Author:
++ Date Created:
-++ Date Last Updated:
+++ Date Last Updated: June 14, 2010
++ Basic Functions:
++ Related Constructors:
++ Also See:
@@ -1021,8 +1021,13 @@ LeftModule(R:Rng):Category == Join(AbelianGroup, LeftLinearSet R)
++ Keywords:
++ References:
++ Description:
-++ An extension ring with an explicit linear dependence test.
-LinearlyExplicitRingOver(R:Ring): Category == Ring with
+++ An extension of left-module with an explicit linear dependence test.
+LinearlyExplicitRingOver(R:Ring): Category == LeftModule R with
+ reducedSystem: Vector % -> Matrix R
+ ++ \spad{reducedSystem [v1,...,vn]} returns a matrix \spad{M}
+ ++ with coefficients in \spad{R} such that the system of equations
+ ++ \spad{c1*v1 + ... + cn*vn = 0$%} has the same solution as
+ ++ \spad{c * M = 0} where \spad{c} is the row vector \spad{[c1,...cn]}.
reducedSystem: Matrix % -> Matrix R
++ reducedSystem(A) returns a matrix B such that \spad{A x = 0} and \spad{B x = 0}
++ have the same solutions in R.