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We present a new algorithm for solving the real roots of a bivariate polynomial system $\Sigma=\{f(x,y),g(x,y)\}$ with a finite number of solutions by using a zero-matching method. The method is based on a lower bound for bivariate…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2010-01-19 Xiaolin Qin , Yong Feng , Jingwei Chen , Jingzhong Zhang

Zeroth-order (ZO) optimization is a subset of gradient-free optimization that emerges in many signal processing and machine learning applications. It is used for solving optimization problems similarly to gradient-based methods. However, it…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-06-23 Sijia Liu , Pin-Yu Chen , Bhavya Kailkhura , Gaoyuan Zhang , Alfred Hero , Pramod K. Varshney

Research efforts of the past fifty years have led to a development of linear integer programming as a mature discipline of mathematical optimization. Such a level of maturity has not been reached when one considers nonlinear systems subject…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-01-03 Raymond Hemmecke , Matthias Köppe , Jon Lee , Robert Weismantel

We review recent attempts at dealing with the sign problem in Monte Carlo calculations by deforming the region of integration in the path integral from real to complex fields. We discuss the theoretical foundations, the algorithmic issues…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2018-04-18 Paulo F. Bedaque

A polynomial algorithm is obtained for the NP-complete linear ordering problem.

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Givi Bolotashvili

We develop a numerical method for solving a system of nonlinear integral equations involving two integral terms: at the current time t, one integral is taken from 0 to t, and a different integral is taken from t to infinity. We prove the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2008-09-15 S. A. Belbas

A possible method to solve the sign problem is developed by modifying the original theory. Considering several modifications of the partition function, the observable in the original theory is reconstructed from the identity connecting the…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2017-11-30 Takahiro M. Doi , Shoichiro Tsutsui

Three algorithms are presented that determine the existence of satisfying assignments for 3SAT Boolean satisfiability expressions. One algorithm is presented for determining an instance of a satisfying assignment, where such exists. The…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-12-16 Charles Sauerbier

Certifying nonnegativity of polynomials is a well-known NP-hard problem with direct applications spanning non-convex optimization, control, robotics, and beyond. A sufficient condition for nonnegativity is the Sum of Squares (SOS) property,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Nico Pelleriti , Christoph Spiegel , Shiwei Liu , David Martínez-Rubio , Max Zimmer , Sebastian Pokutta

In this paper, we present a generic parametrization of generically zero-dimensional parametric polynomial systems. More specifically, we study the specialization properties of the Rational Univariate Representation and derive bounds on the…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2026-02-09 Florent Corniquel

In this paper, we consider the rank-one tensor completion problem. We address the question of existence and uniqueness of the rank-one solution. In particular we show that the global uniqueness over the field of real numbers can be verified…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-09-23 Mohit Singh , Alexander Shapiro , Rui Zhang

We consider three realization problems about monic real univariate polynomials without vanishing coefficients. Such a polynomial $P:=\sum_{j=0}^db_jx^j$ defines the sign pattern $\sigma (P):=({\rm sgn}(b_d)$, $\ldots$, ${\rm sgn}(b_0))$.…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2026-01-16 Vladimir Petrov Kostov

To tackle the sign problem in the simulations of systems having indefinite or complex-valued measures, we propose a new approach which yields statistical errors smaller than the crude Monte Carlo using absolute values of the original…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2008-11-26 T D Kieu , C J Griffin

Binomial ideals are special polynomial ideals with many algorithmically and theoretically nice properties. We discuss the problem of deciding if a given polynomial ideal is binomial. While the methods are general, our main motivation and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-09-11 Carsten Conradi , Thomas Kahle

We discuss the Fermion sign problem and, by examining a very general Hubbard-Stratonovich (HS) transformation, argue that the sign problem cannot be solved with such methods. We propose a different kind of transformation which, while not…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2011-08-11 Ghassan George Batrouni , Philippe de Forcrand

An approach is proposed for bounding the number of zeros that solutions of linear differential systems with polynomial coefficients may have. A bound is obtained in a special case which improves upon currently existing.

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Alexei Grigoriev

NP-Complete problems have an important attribute that if one NP-Complete problem can be solved in polynomial time, all NP-Complete problems will have a polynomial solution. The 3-CNF-SAT problem is a NP-Complete problem and the primary…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-04-07 Belal Qasemi

We focus on rational solutions or nearly-feasible rational solutions that serve as certificates of feasibility for polynomial optimization problems. We show that, under some separability conditions, certain cubic polynomially constrained…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-15 Daniel Bienstock , Alberto del Pia , Robert Hildebrand

In this article, we show that the completion problem, i.e. the decision problem whether a partial structure can be completed to a full structure, is NP-complete for many combinatorial structures. While the gadgets for most reductions in…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2024-02-12 Helena Bergold , Manfred Scheucher , Felix Schröder

In an earlier article [3], we presented an algorithm that can be used to rigorously check whether a specific cosine or sine polynomial is nonnegative in a given interval or not. The algorithm proves to be an indispensable tool in…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2015-07-06 Man Kam Kwong