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We prove a general version of Bezout's form of the Nullstellensatz for arbitrary fields. The corresponding sufficient and necessary condition only involves the local existence of multi-valued roots for each of the polynomials belonging to…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2017-08-16 Juan D. Velez , Danny A. J. Gomez-Ramirez , Edisson Gallego

We show that constant-depth Frege systems with counting axioms modulo $m$ polynomially simulate Nullstellensatz refutations modulo $m$. Central to this is a new definition of reducibility from formulas to systems of polynomials with the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Russell Impagliazzo , Nathan Segerlind

We introduce a new division formula on projective space which provides explicit solutions to various polynomial division problems with sharp degree estimates. We consider simple examples as the classical Macaulay theorem as well as a quite…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2009-08-21 Mats Andersson , Elin Götmark

The main result of this note is a tracial Nullstellensatz for free noncommutative polynomials evaluated at tuples of matrices of all sizes: Suppose f_1,...,f_r,f are free polynomials, and tr(f) vanishes whenever all tr(f_j) vanish. Then…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2018-04-27 Igor Klep , Špela Špenko

We prove a Nullstellensatz for the ring of polynomial functions in n non-commuting variables over Hamilton's ring of real quaternions. We also characterize the generalized polynomial identities in n variables which hold over the…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2020-09-15 Gil Alon , Elad Paran

We show that Hilbert's Nullstellensatz, the problem of deciding if a system of multivariate polynomial equations has a solution in the algebraic closure of the underlying field, lies in the counting hierarchy. More generally, we show that…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-02-23 Robert Andrews , Abhibhav Garg , Éric Schost

In this note, we prove that if $A$ is a finite set of real numbers such that $|AA| = K|A|$, then for every polynomial $f \in \mathbb{R}[x,y]$ we have that $|f(A,A)| = \Omega_{K,\operatorname{deg} f}(|A|^2)$, unless $f$ is of the form…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-05-10 Cosmin Pohoata

Let $\mathbb{F}_{q}$ be a finite field of characteristic $p$, and let $f \in \mathbb{F}_{q}[x]$ be a polynomial of degree $d > 0$. Denote the image set of this polynomial as $V_{f}=\{f(\alpha)\mid\alpha\in\mathbb{F}_{q}\}$ and denote the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-04 Jiyou Li , Zhiyao Zhang

Putinar's Positivstellensatz is a central theorem in real algebraic geometry. It states the following: If you have a set $S= \{ x \in R^n \ | \ g_1 (x) \geq 0, ... , g_m(x) \geq 0\}$ described by some real polynomials $g_i$, then every real…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2016-03-23 Tom-Lukas Kriel

We introduce a new form of the polynomial method based on what we call "shift operators," which we use to give efficient and intuitive new proofs of results previously shown using a wide range of polynomial methods, including Alon's…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-16 Sammy Luo

Systems of polynomial equations over an algebraically-closed field K can be used to concisely model many combinatorial problems. In this way, a combinatorial problem is feasible (e.g., a graph is 3-colorable, hamiltonian, etc.) if and only…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-01-25 J. A. De Loera , J. Lee , P. Malkin , S. Margulies

Grigoriev and Podolskii (2018) have established a tropical analogue of the effective Nullstellensatz, showing that a system of tropical polynomial equations is solvable if and only if a linearized system obtained from a truncated Macaulay…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-10-22 Marianne Akian , Antoine Béreau , Stéphane Gaubert

The Collatz conjecture is explored using polynomials based on a binary numeral system. It is shown that the degree of the polynomials, on average, decreases after a finite number of steps of the Collatz operation, which provides a weak…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-05-22 Feng Pan , Jerry P. Draayer

We extend previous results about Putinar's Positivstellensatz for cylinders of type $S \times {\mathbb R}$ to sets of type $S \times {\mathbb R}^r$ in some special cases taking into account $r$ and the degree of the polynomial with respect…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2021-05-20 Paula Escorcielo , Daniel Perrucci

We give an expository account of Nullstellensatz-like results when the base field is finite. In particular, we discuss the vanishing ideal of the affine space and of the projective space over a finite field. As an application, we include an…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2018-06-28 Sudhir R. Ghorpade

This article gives a class of Nullstellens\"atze for noncommutative polynomials. The singularity set of a noncommutative polynomial $f=f(x_1,\dots,x_g)$ is $Z(f)=(Z_n(f))_n$, where $Z_n(f)=\{X \in M_n^g: \det f(X) = 0\}.$ The first main…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2022-05-16 J. William Helton , Igor Klep , Jurij Volčič

A Nullstellensatz is a theorem providing information on polynomials that vanish on a certain set: David Hilbert's Nullstellensatz (1893) is a cornerstone of algebraic geometry, and Noga Alon's Combinatorial Nullstellensatz (1999) is a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-06-19 Erhard Aichinger , John R. Schmitt , Henry Zhan

Real Nullstellensatz is a classical result from Real Algebraic Geometry. It has recently been extended to quaternionic polynomials by Alon and Paran. The aim of this paper is to extend their Quaternionic Nullstellensatz to matrix…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2022-01-06 J. Cimprič

We specialize Schm\"udgen's Positivstellensatz and its Putinar and Jacobi and Prestel refinement, to the case of a polynomial $f\in R[X,Y]+R[Y,Z]$, positive on a compact basic semi algebraic set $K$ described by polynomials in $R[X,Y]$ and…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jean B. Lasserre

Most results on the value sets $V_f$ of polynomials $f \in \mathbb{F}_q[x]$ relate the cardinality $|V_f|$ to the degree of $f$. In particular, the structure of the spectrum of the class of polynomials of a fixed degree $d$ is rather well…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-01-24 Leyla Işık , Alev Topuzoğlu