Algorithms for combinatorial structures: Well-founded systems and Newton iterations

  • Authors:
  • Carine Pivoteau;Bruno Salvy;MichèLe Soria

  • Affiliations:
  • Université Paris-Est, LIGM (CNRS UMR 8049), Marne-la-Vallée, France;Inria, France;Université Pierre et Marie Curie, LIP6 (CNRS UMR 7606), Paris, France

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

We consider systems of recursively defined combinatorial structures. We give algorithms checking that these systems are well founded, computing generating series and providing numerical values. Our framework is an articulation of the constructible classes of Flajolet and Sedgewick with Joyal@?s species theory. We extend the implicit species theorem to structures of size zero. A quadratic iterative Newton method is shown to solve well-founded systems combinatorially. From there, truncations of the corresponding generating series are obtained in quasi-optimal complexity. This iteration transfers to a numerical scheme that converges unconditionally to the values of the generating series inside their disk of convergence. These results provide important subroutines in random generation. Finally, the approach is extended to combinatorial differential systems.