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We propose a new algorithm for numerical path tracking in polynomial homotopy continuation. The algorithm is `robust' in the sense that it is designed to prevent path jumping and in many cases, it can be used in (only) double precision…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-09-11 Simon Telen , Marc Van Barel , Jan Verschelde

Nonlinear two-point boundary value problems arise in numerous areas of application. The existence and number of solutions for various cases has been studied from a theoretical standpoint. These results generally rely upon growth conditions…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 E. L. Allgower , D. J. Bates , A. J. Sommese , C. W. Wampler

Inspired by numerical homotopy methods we propose a combinatorial homotopy algorithm for finding all isolated solutions to a tropical polynomial systems of n tropical polynomials in n variables. In particular, a tropicalisation of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-01-13 Anders Nedergaard Jensen

Homotopy perturbation method is used for solving the multi-point boundary value problems. The approximate solution is found in the form of a rapidly convergent series. Several numerical examples have been considered to illustrate the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-10-11 Shahid S. Siddiqiand Muzammal Iftikhar

In this paper has been considered probability-one global convergence of NFPH (Newton-Fixed Point Homotopy) algorithm for system of nonlinear equations and has been proposed a probability-one homotopy algorithm to solve a regularized…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-07-06 Yunchol Jong , Wonil Kim

Systems of polynomial equations arise frequently in computer vision, especially in multiview geometry problems. Traditional methods for solving these systems typically aim to eliminate variables to reach a univariate polynomial, e.g., a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-15 Chiang-Heng Chien , Hongyi Fan , Ahmad Abdelfattah , Elias Tsigaridas , Stanimire Tomov , Benjamin Kimia

Three aspects of applying homotopy continuation, which is commonly used to solve parameterized systems of polynomial equations, are investigated. First, for parameterized systems which are homogeneous, we investigate options for performing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-18 Jonathan D. Hauenstein , Margaret H. Regan

We present a new continuation algorithm to find all nondegenerate real solutions to a system of polynomial equations. Unlike homotopy methods, it is not based on a deformation of the system; instead, it traces real curves connecting the…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2009-09-01 Dan Bates , Frank Sottile

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…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2012-10-31 Carlos Beltrán , Anton Leykin

Numerical algebraic geometry revolves around the study of solutions to polynomial systems via numerical methods. The polyhedral homotopy of Huber and Sturmfels for computing isolated solutions and the concept of witness sets as numerical…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-29 Tianran Chen

We consider the problem of tracking one solution path defined by a polynomial homotopy on a parallel shared memory computer. Our robust path tracker applies Newton's method on power series to locate the closest singular parameter value. On…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-31 Simon Telen , Marc Van Barel , Jan Verschelde

A new algorithm for real root isolation of polynomial equations based on hybrid computation is presented in this paper. Firstly, the approximate (complex) zeros of the given polynomial equations are obtained via homotopy continuation…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2012-10-17 Fei Shen , Wenyuan Wu , Bican Xia

In this paper, based on the homotopy continuation method and the interval Newton method, an efficient algorithm is introduced to isolate the real roots of semi-algebraic system. Tests on some random examples and a variety of problems…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-03-25 Zhenyi Ji , Wenyuan Wu , Yi Li , Yong Feng

Numerical algebraic geometry provides a number of efficient tools for approximating the solutions of polynomial systems. One such tool is the parameter homotopy, which can be an extremely efficient method to solve numerous polynomial…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2018-04-13 Daniel J. Bates , Danielle Brake , Matthew Niemerg

PHCpack is a software package for polynomial homotopy continuation, which provides a robust path tracker [Telen, Van Barel, Verschelde, SISC 2020]. This tracker computes the radius of convergence of Newton's method, estimates the distance…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2024-05-03 Jan Verschelde , Kylash Viswanathan

The stationary points (SPs) of a potential energy landscape play a crucial role in understanding many of the physical or chemical properties of a given system. Unless they are found analytically, there is, however, no efficient method to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-12-19 Dhagash Mehta

Large-scale strongly nonlinear and nonconvex mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) models frequently appear in optimisation-based process synthesis, integration, intensification, and process control. However, they are usually…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-06 Yingjie Ma , Jie Li

We present a new numerical homotopy continuation algorithm for finding all solutions to Schubert problems on Grassmannians. This Littlewood-Richardson homotopy is based on Vakil's geometric proof of the Littlewood-Richardson rule. Its start…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-01-26 Frank Sottile , Ravi Vakil , Jan Verschelde

Finding vacua for the four dimensional effective theories for supergravity which descend from flux compactifications and analyzing them according to their stability is one of the central problems in string phenomenology. Except for some…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-12-15 Dhagash Mehta

We study the problem of computing the isolated regular solutions of a system \((f_1,\ldots,f_n)\) of \(n\) polynomial equations in \(n\) variables \((X_1, \dots, X_n)\) over a field of characteristic zero \(k\). We focus on systems with a…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Thi Xuan Vu