Optimal algorithms for parallel polynomial evaluation

  • Authors:
  • Ian Munro;Michael Paterson

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computer and System Sciences
  • Year:
  • 1973

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Abstract

Algorithms for the evaluation of polynomials on a hypothetical computer with k independent arithmetic processors are presented. It is shown that, provided the degree of the polynomial to be evaluated exceeds k[log"2k], an algorithm given is within one time unit of optimality.