Computing the elasticity of a Krull monoid (Q5954852)

Let \(S\) be a commutative cancellative monoid such that each nonunit of \(S\) is a product of irreducible elements. Then the elasticity of \(S\) is defined to be \(\rho(S)=\{m/n\mid x_1\cdots x_m=y_1\cdots y_n\) with each \(x_i,y_j\in S\) irreducible\}. In this paper, the authors give an algorithm for computing \(\rho(S)\) when \(S\) is a Krull monoid with finitely generated divisor class group such that only finitely many divisor classes of \(S\) contain prime divisors. Several examples are given to illustrate the method.