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Solving Sparse Integer Linear Systems

Symbolic Computation 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We propose a new algorithm to solve sparse linear systems of equations over the integers. This algorithm is based on a pp-adic lifting technique combined with the use of block matrices with structured blocks. It achieves a sub-cubic complexity in terms of machine operations subject to a conjecture on the effectiveness of certain sparse projections. A LinBox-based implementation of this algorithm is demonstrated, and emphasizes the practical benefits of this new method over the previous state of the art.

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@article{arxiv.cs/0603082,
  title  = {Solving Sparse Integer Linear Systems},
  author = {Wayne Eberly and Mark Giesbrecht and Pascal Giorgi and Arne Storjohann and Gilles Villard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/0603082},
  year   = {2007}
}