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Improvements of convex-dense factorization of bivariate polynomials

Commutative Algebra 2025-01-13 v1

Abstract

We develop a new algorithm for factoring a bivariate polynomial FK[x,y]F\in \mathbb{K}[x,y] which takes fully advantage of the geometry of the Newton polygon of FF. Under a non degeneracy hypothesis, the complexity is O~(Vr0ω1)\tilde{\mathcal{O}}(Vr_0^{\omega-1} ) where VV is the volume of the polygon and r0r_0 is its minimal lower lattice length. This improves the complexity O~(dω+1)\tilde{\mathcal{O}}(d^{\omega+1}) of the classical algorithms which consider the total degree dd of FF as the main complexity indicator. The integer r0dr_0\le d reflects some combinatorial constraints imposed by the Newton polygon, giving a reasonable and easy-to-compute upper bound for the number of its indecomposable Minkovski summands of positive volume. The proof is based on a new fast factorization algorithm in K[[x]][y]\mathbb{K}[[x]][y] with respect to a slope valuation, a result which has its own interest.

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@article{arxiv.2501.06028,
  title  = {Improvements of convex-dense factorization of bivariate polynomials},
  author = {Martin Weimann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.06028},
  year   = {2025}
}

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26 pages, 5 figures