Polynomial Root-Finding Algorithmsand Branched Covers

  • Authors:
  • Myong-Hi Kim;Scott Sutherland

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • SIAM Journal on Computing
  • Year:
  • 1994

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Abstract

A family of root-finding algorithms is constructed that combines knowledge of the branched covering structure of a polynomial with a path-lifting algorithm for finding individual roots. In particular, the family includes an algorithm that computes an $\epsilon$-factorization of a polynomial of degree $d$ that has an arithmetic complexity of $\Order{d(\log d)^2|\log\epsilon| +d^2(\log d)^2}$. At the present time, this complexity is the best known in terms of the degree.