A Probabilistic Zero-Test for Expressions Involving Root of Rational Numbers

  • Authors:
  • Johannes Blömer

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • ESA '98 Proceedings of the 6th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms
  • Year:
  • 1998

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Abstract

Given an expression E using +,-, *,/, with operands from Z and from the set of real roots of integers, we describe a probabilistic algorithm that decides whether E = 0. The algorithms has a one-sided error. If E = 0, then the algorithm will give the correct answer. If E ≠ 0, then the error probability can be made arbitrarily small. The algorithm has been implemented and is expected to be practical.