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Thomas Decomposition of Algebraic and Differential Systems

Commutative Algebra 2015-05-19 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

In this paper we consider disjoint decomposition of algebraic and non-linear partial differential systems of equations and inequations into so-called simple subsystems. We exploit Thomas decomposition ideas and develop them into a new algorithm. For algebraic systems simplicity means triangularity, squarefreeness and non-vanishing initials. For differential systems the algorithm provides not only algebraic simplicity but also involutivity. The algorithm has been implemented in Maple.

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@article{arxiv.1008.3767,
  title  = {Thomas Decomposition of Algebraic and Differential Systems},
  author = {Thomas Bächler and Vladimir Gerdt and Markus Lange-Hegermann and Daniel Robertz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.3767},
  year   = {2015}
}
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