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We give a bijective proof of Hurwitz formula for the number of simple branched coverings of the sphere by itself. Our approach extends to double Hurwitz numbers and yields new properties for them. In particular we prove for double Hurwitz…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-10-27 Enrica Duchi , Dominique Poulalhon , Gilles Schaeffer

In 1891, Hurwitz introduced the enumeration of genus $g$, degree $d$, branched covers of the Riemann sphere with simple ramification over prescribed points and no branching elsewhere. He showed that for fixed degree $d$, the enumeration…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-11 Norman Do , Jian He , Heath Robertson

Univariate polynomial root-finding is both classical and important for modern computing. Frequently one seeks just the real roots of a polynomial with real coefficients. They can be approximated at a low computational cost if the polynomial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-07-01 Victor Y. Pan

We define a generalization of the Eulerian polynomials and the Eulerian numbers by considering a descent statistic on segmented permutations coming from the study of 2-species exclusion processes and a change of basis in a Hopf algebra. We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-05-07 Arthur Nunge

We count the number of irreducible polynomials in several variables of a given degree over a finite field. The results are expressed in terms of a generating series, an exact formula and an asymptotic approximation. We also consider the…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2009-10-16 Arnaud Bodin

The aim of this paper is to make a systematical study on the stability of polynomials in combinatorics. Applying the characterizations of Borcea and Br\"and\'en concerning linear operators preserving stability, we present criteria for real…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-06-25 Ming-Jian Ding , Bao-Xuan Zhu

Hurwitz numbers with completed cycles are standard Hurwitz numbers with simple branch points replaced by completed cycles. In fact, simple branch points correspond to completed $2$-cycles. Okounkov and Pandharipande have established the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-14 Ricky X. F. Chen , Zhen-Ran Wang

A famous result of Hall asserts that the multiplication and exponentiation in finitely generated torsion free nilpotent groups can be described by rational polynomials. We describe an algorithm to determine such polynomials for all torsion…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-03-20 Alexander Cant , Bettina Eick

In this paper, we compute the number of covers of curves with given branch behavior in characteristic p for one class of examples with four branch points and degree p. Our techniques involve related computations in the case of three branch…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2009-06-10 Irene I. Bouw , Brian Osserman

Let H(N) denote the set of all polynomials with positive integer coefficients which have their zeros in the open left half-plane. We are looking for polynomials in H(N) whose largest coefficients are as small as possible and also for…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2013-08-02 Albrecht Boettcher

For the two sixth-order polynomials $a(s)$ and $b(s),$ Hurwitz stability of their convex combination is necessary and sufficient for the existence of a polynomial $c(s)$ such that $c(s)/a(s)$ and $c(s)/b(s)$ are both strictly positive real.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Long Wang

New Frobenius structures on Hurwitz spaces are found. A Hurwitz space is considered as a real manifold; therefore the number of coordinates is twice as large as the number of coordinates on Hurwitzs Frobenius manifolds of Dubrovin. Simple…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Vasilisa Shramchenko

In this paper, we associate a class of Hurwitz matrix polynomials with Stieltjes positive definite matrix sequences. This connection leads to an extension of two classical criteria of Hurwitz stability for real polynomials to matrix…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2020-08-14 Xuzhou Zhan , Alexander Dyachenko

This paper presents a Kharitonov-type algorithm for complex interval Hurwitz polynomials that determines whether all roots of a given interval polynomial lie within a prescribed angular sector of the complex plane. The method requires…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2026-02-09 David Hertz

We describe a new subclass of the class of real polynomials with real simple roots called self-interlacing polynomials. This subclass is isomorphic to the class of real Hurwitz stable polynomials (all roots in the open left half-plane). In…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2025-07-01 Mikhail Tyaglov

We give formulas for the number of polynomials over a finite field with given root multiplicities, in particular in cases when the formula is surprisingly simple (a power of q). Besides this concrete interpretation, we also prove an…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-10-03 Ayah Almousa , Melanie Matchett Wood

We obtain bivariate asymptotics for one part monotone Hurwitz numbers in high genus (i.e. as both the size and the genus go to infinity). To do so, we start with a linear recurrence for these numbers obtained by Do and Chaudhuri. Then, we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-02 Simon Barazer , Baptiste Louf

In this paper we present an explicit formula for the number of permutations with a given number of alternating descents. Moreover, we study the interlacing property of the real parts of the zeros of the generating polynomials of these…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-04-10 Shi-Mei Ma , Yeong-Nan Yeh

In this paper, we study the root distribution of some univariate polynomials $W_n(z)$ satisfying a recurrence of order two with linear polynomial coefficients over positive numbers. We discover a sufficient and necessary condition for the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-12-19 David G. L. Wang , Jiarui Zhang

We present algorithmic and complexity results concerning computations with one and two real algebraic numbers, as well as real solving of univariate polynomials and bivariate polynomial systems with integer coefficients using Sturm-Habicht…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Ioannis Z. Emiris , Elias P. Tsigaridas