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In this paper we study the problem of efficiently factorizing polynomials in the free noncommutative ring F of polynomials in noncommuting variables x1,x2,...,xn over the field F. We obtain the following result Given a noncommutative…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-05-27 V. Arvind , Pushkar S. Joglekar

Let $f(x_1,...,x_k)$ be a polynomial over a field $K$. This paper considers such questions as the enumeration of the number of nonzero coefficients of $f$ or of the number of coefficients equal to $\alpha\in K^*$. For instance, if $K=\ff_q$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-11-25 Tewodros Amdeberhan , Richard P. Stanley

We give the first algorithm that is both query-efficient and time-efficient for testing whether an unknown function $f: \{0,1\}^n \to \{0,1\}$ is an $s$-sparse GF(2) polynomial versus $\eps$-far from every such polynomial. Our algorithm…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2008-05-14 Ilias Diakonikolas , Homin K. Lee , Kevin Matulef , Rocco A. Servedio , Andrew Wan

We consider the following multiplication-based tests to check if a given function $f: \mathbb{F}_q^n\to \mathbb{F}_q$ is a codeword of the Reed-Muller code of dimension $n$ and order $d$ over the finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$ for prime $q$…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2020-01-01 Prahladh Harsha , Srikanth Srinivasan

We develop a method to construct elusive functions using techniques of commutative algebra and algebraic geometry. The key notions of this method are elusive subsets and evaluation mappings. We also develop the effective elimination theory…

Logic · Mathematics 2014-09-30 Hong Van Le

We design new polynomials for representing threshold functions in three different regimes: probabilistic polynomials of low degree, which need far less randomness than previous constructions, polynomial threshold functions (PTFs) with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-08-16 Josh Alman , Timothy M. Chan , Ryan Williams

An algorithm is presented for the efficient and accurate computation of the coefficients of the characteristic polynomial of a general square matrix. The algorithm is especially suited for the evaluation of canonical traces in determinant…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 S. Rombouts , K. Heyde

We count the number of polynomials over finite fields with prescribed leading coefficients and a given number of linear factors. This is equivalent to counting codewords in Reed-Solomon codes which are at a certain distance from a received…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-11-11 Zhicheng Gao

We use tools of additive combinatorics for the study of subvarieties defined by {\it high rank} families of polynomials in high dimensional $\mathbb{F} _q$-vector spaces. In the first, analytic part of the paper we prove a number properties…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-07-20 David Kazhdan , Tamar Ziegler

Functions are a fundamental object in mathematics, with countless applications to different fields, and are usually classified based on certain properties, given their domains and images. An important property of a real-valued function is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-06 Nhat A. Nghiem , Tzu-Chieh Wei

In approximation theory, it is standard to approximate functions by polynomials expressed in the Chebyshev basis. Evaluating a polynomial $f$ of degree n given in the Chebyshev basis can be done in $O(n)$ arithmetic operations using the…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2019-12-13 Viviane Ledoux , Guillaume Moroz

Simply put, a sparse polynomial is one whose zero coefficients are not explicitly stored. Such objects are ubiquitous in exact computing, and so naturally we would like to have efficient algorithms to handle them. However, with this compact…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2018-07-24 Daniel S. Roche

The usual methods for root finding of polynomials are based on the iteration of a numerical formula for improvement of successive estimations. The unpredictable nature of the iterations prevents to search roots inside a pre-specified region…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-08-21 Juan Luis García Zapata , Juan Carlos Díaz Martín

Nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF) has become a widely used tool for the analysis of high-dimensional data as it automatically extracts sparse and meaningful features from a set of nonnegative data vectors. We first illustrate this…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2014-12-10 Nicolas Gillis

Finding the solutions to a system of multivariate polynomial equations is a fundamental problem in mathematics and computer science. It involves evaluating the polynomials at many points, often chosen from a grid. In most current methods,…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2024-06-17 Guillaume Moroz

We study the algorithmic complexity of fair division problems with a focus on minimizing the number of queries needed to find an approximate solution with desired accuracy. We show for several classes of fair division problems that under…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-16 Alexandr Grebennikov , Xenia Isaeva , Andrei V. Malyutin , Mikhail Mikhailov , Oleg R. Musin

We present a polynomial-time pseudo-deterministic algorithm for constructing irreducible polynomial of degree $d$ over finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$. A pseudo-deterministic algorithm is allowed to use randomness, but with high probability it…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Shanthanu S Rai

Let K be an algebraic number field of degree d and discriminant D over Q. Let A be an associative algebra over K given by structure constants such that A is isomorphic to the algebra M_n(K) of n by n matrices over K for some positive…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2011-12-22 Gábor Ivanyos , Lajos Rónyai , Josef Schicho

Feature selection plays an important role in the data mining process. It is needed to deal with the excessive number of features, which can become a computational burden on the learning algorithms. It is also necessary, even when…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2015-10-13 Tarek Amr Abdallah , Beatriz de La Iglesia

Let $\mathbb F_q$ be the finite field with $q$ elements, $f, g\in \mathbb F_q[x]$ be polynomials of degree at least one. This paper deals with the asymptotic growth of certain arithmetic functions associated to the factorization of the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-08-06 Lucas Reis