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We implement an iterative numerical method to solve polynomial equations $f(x)=0$ in the $p$-adic numbers, where $f(x) \in\mathbb{Z}_p[x]$. This method is a simplified $p$-adic analogue of Jarratt's method for finding roots of functions…
We introduce a new algorithm denoted DSC2 to isolate the real roots of a univariate square-free polynomial f with integer coefficients. The algorithm iteratively subdivides an initial interval which is known to contain all real roots of f.…
The roots of any polynomial of degree m with integer coefficients, can be computed by manipulation of sequences made from 2m distinct symbols and counting the different symbols in the sequences. This method requires only 'primitive'…
We show that the dilogarithm has at most one zero on each branch, that each zero is close to a root of unity, and that they may be found to any precision with Newton's method. This work is motivated by applications to the asymptotics of…
We present fully polynomial approximation schemes for a broad class of Holant problems with complex edge weights, which we call Holant polynomials. We transform these problems into partition functions of abstract combinatorial structures…
We present a FFT-based algorithm for the computation of a polynomial's coefficients from its roots, and apply it to obtain the coefficients of interpolation polynomials, to invert Vandermondians and to evaluate the symmetric functions of a…
Suppose $F:=(f_1,\ldots,f_n)$ is a system of random $n$-variate polynomials with $f_i$ having degree $\leq\!d_i$ and the coefficient of $x^{a_1}_1\cdots x^{a_n}_n$ in $f_i$ being an independent complex Gaussian of mean $0$ and variance…
Given an arbitrary monic polynomial $f$ over a field $F$ of characteristic 0, we use companion matrices to construct a polynomial $M_f\in F[X]$ of minimum degree such that for each root $\alpha$ of $f$ in the algebraic closure of $F$,…
Suppose $p$ is a prime, $t$ is a positive integer, and $f\!\in\!\mathbb{Z}[x]$ is a univariate polynomial of degree $d$ with coefficients of absolute value $<\!p^t$. We show that for any fixed $t$, we can compute the number of roots in…
The Durand-Kerner algorithm is a widely used iterative technique for simultaneously finding all the roots of a polynomial. However, its convergence heavily depends on the choice of initial approximations. This paper introduces two novel…
In this paper we propose a novel efficient algorithm for calculating winding numbers, aiming at counting the number of roots of a given polynomial in a convex region on the complex plane. This algorithm can be used for counting and…
Let $p\in\mathbb{Z}[x]$ be an arbitrary polynomial of degree $n$ with $k$ non-zero integer coefficients of absolute value less than $2^\tau$. In this paper, we answer the open question whether the real roots of $p$ can be computed with a…
Let $f(x)$ be a separable polynomial over a local field. Montes algorithm computes certain approximations to the different irreducible factors of $f(x)$, with strong arithmetic properties. In this paper we develop an algorithm to improve…
When exploring the literature, it can be observed that the operator obtained when applying \textit{Newton-like} root finding algorithms to the quadratic polynomials $z^2-c$ has the same form regardless of which algorithm has been used. In…
We reveal a complexity chasm, separating the trinomial and tetranomial cases, for solving univariate sparse polynomial equations over certain local fields. First, for any fixed field $K\in\{\mathbb{Q}_2,\mathbb{Q}_3,\mathbb{Q}_5,\ldots\}$,…
We consider paths of steepest descent, in the complex plane, for the norm of a non-constant one variable polynomial $f$. We show that such paths, starting from a zero of the logarithmic derivative of $f$ and ending in a root of $f$, draw a…
We describe, for the first time, a completely rigorous homotopy (path--following) algorithm (in the Turing machine model) to find approximate zeros of systems of polynomial equations. If the coordinates of the input systems and the initial…
We present a new algorithm for reconstructing an exact algebraic number from its approximate value using an improved parameterized integer relation construction method. Our result is consistent with the existence of error controlling on…
For an odd prime $p$, we say a polynomial $f\in \mathbb F_p[X]$ computes square roots if $f(a)^2=a$ for all nonzero, perfect squares $a\in \mathbb F_p$. When $p\equiv 3 \mod 4$, it is easy to see that $f(X)=X^{\frac{p+1}{4}}$ is the…
A new measure called min-max elementwise backward error is introduced for approximate roots of scalar polynomials $p(z)$. Compared with the elementwise relative backward error, this new measure allows for larger relative perturbations on…