Robust Algorithms For Generalized Pham Systems

  • Authors:
  • Ezequiel Dratman;Guillermo Matera;Ariel Waissbein

  • Affiliations:
  • Universidad Nacional Gral. Sarmiento, Instituto de Ciencias, J.M. Gutiérrez 1150, 1613, Los Polvorines, Argentina;Universidad Nacional Gral. Sarmiento, Instituto del Desarrollo Humano, J.M. Gutiérrez 1150, 1613, Los Polvorines, Argentina and CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina;CORE Security Technologies, CoreLabs, Humboldt 1967, C1414CTU, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, Doctorado en Ingeniería, Av. Eduardo Madero 399, C11 ...

  • Venue:
  • Computational Complexity
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

We discuss the complexity of robust symbolic algorithms solving a significant class of zero–dimensional square polynomial systems with rational coefficients over the complex numbers, called generalized Pham systems, which represent the class of zero–dimensional homogeneous complete–intersection systems with “no points at infinity”. Our notion of robustness models the behavior of all known universal methods for solving (parametric) polynomial systems avoiding unnecessary branchings and allowing the solution of certain limit problems. We first show that any robust algorithm solving generalized Pham systems has complexity at least polynomial in the Bézout number of the system under consideration. Then we exhibit a robust probabilistic algorithm which solves generalized Pham systems with quadratic complexity in the Bézout number of the input system. The algorithm consists in a series of homotopies deforming the input system into a system which is “easy to solve”, together with a “projection algorithm” which allows to move the solutions of the known instance to the solutions of an arbitrary instance along the parameter space.