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We introduce the DeterminantalRepresentations package for Macaulay2, which computes definite symmetric determinantal representations of real polynomials. We focus on quadrics and plane curves of low degree (i.e. cubics and quartics). Our…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-02-12 Justin Chen , Papri Dey

In this paper we study algorithmic aspects of tropical intersection theory. We analyse how divisors and intersection products on tropical cycles can actually be computed using polyhedral geometry. The main focus of this paper is the study…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2013-10-29 Simon Hampe

We describe the computer algebra software package SpectralSequences for the computer algebra system Macaulay2. This package implements many data types, objects and algorithms which pertain to, among other things, filtered complexes,…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2016-10-19 Adam Boocher , Nathan Grieve , Eloísa Grifo

The Macaulay2 package NumericalSchubertCalculus provides methods for the numerical computation of Schubert problems on Grassmannians. It implements both the Pieri homotopy algorithm and the Littlewood-Richardson homotopy algorithm. Each…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2021-05-11 Anton Leykin , Abraham Martín del Campo , Frank Sottile , Ravi Vakil , Jan Verschelde

In this article, we present a massively parallel framework for computing tropicalizations of algebraic varieties which can make use of finite symmetries. We compute the tropical Grassmannian TGr$_0(3,8)$, and show that it refines the…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-04-02 Dominik Bendle , Janko Boehm , Yue Ren , Benjamin Schröter

We present our implementation of an algorithm which functions as a numerical oracle for the Newton polytope of a hypersurface in the Macaulay2 package NumericalNP.m2. We propose a tropical membership test, relying on this algorithm, for…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2018-11-30 Taylor Brysiewicz

The Macaulay2 package CharacteristicClasses provides commands for the computation of the topological Euler characteristic, the degrees of the Chern classes and the degrees of the Segre classes of a closed subscheme of complex projective…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2013-01-21 Christine Jost

Given a collection of line bundles on a complete toric variety, the Macaulay2 package QuiversToricVarieties contains functions to construct its quiver of sections and check whether the collection is strong exceptional. It contains a…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2015-01-27 Nathan Prabhu-Naik

The {\tt Macaulay2} package {\tt RandomMonomialIdeals} provides users with a set of tools that allow for the systematic generation and study of random monomial ideals. It also introduces new objects, Sample and Model, to allow for…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2019-10-16 Sonja Petrović , Despina Stasi , Dane Wilburne

This is a survey on tropical polytopes from the combinatorial point of view and with a focus on algorithms. Tropical convexity is interesting because it relates a number of combinatorial concepts including ordinary convexity, monomial…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-10-12 Michael Joswig

The package \texttt{NumericalCertification} implements methods for certifying numerical approximations of solutions for a given system of polynomial equations. For certifying regular solutions, the package implements Smale's $\alpha$-theory…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-08-04 Kisun Lee

The Macaulay2 package SumsOfSquares decomposes polynomials as sums of squares. It is based on methods to rationalize sum-of-squares decompositions due to Parrilo and Peyrl. The package features a data type for sums-of-squares polynomials,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-11 Diego Cifuentes , Thomas Kahle , Pablo A. Parrilo

We present the $\textit{NumericalImplicitization}$ package for $\textit{Macaulay2}$, which allows for user-friendly computation of the invariants of the image of a polynomial map, such as dimension, degree, and Hilbert function values. This…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2019-10-16 Justin Chen , Joe Kileel

In this paper, we survey and study definitions and properties of tropical polynomials, tropical rational functions and in general, tropical meromorphic functions, emphasizing practical techniques that can really carry out computations. For…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2011-01-17 Yen-lung Tsai

In the last few years there has been a growing interest towards methods for statistical inference and learning based on computational geometry and, notably, tropical geometry, that is, the study of algebraic varieties over the min-plus…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-11-21 Davide Barbarossa , Paolo Pistone

We present two effective tools for computing the positive tropicalization of algebraic varieties. First, we outline conditions under which the initial ideal can be used to compute the positive tropicalization, offering a real analogue to…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-31 Kemal Rose , Máté L. Telek

We introduce the package \texttt{EliminationTemplates} for the Macaulay2 computer algebra system, which provides tools for constructing automatic solvers for families of zero-dimensional radical ideals depending on algebraically independent…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2026-05-06 Manav Batavia , Cheng Chen , Anna Natalie Chlopecki , Timothy Duff , William Huang , Aolong Li , Wanchun Shen

The signature of a path is a non-commutative power series whose coefficients are given by certain iterated integrals over the path coordinates. This series almost uniquely characterizes the path up to translation and reparameterization.…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-27 Carlos Améndola , Angelo El Saliby , Felix Lotter , Oriol Reig Fité

This article introduces the package MatchingFields for Macaulay2 and highlights some open problems. A matching field is a combinatorial object whose data encodes a candidate toric degeneration of a Grassmannian or partial flag variety of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-19 Oliver Clarke

Tropical mathematics redefines the rules of arithmetic by replacing addition with taking a maximum, and by replacing multiplication with addition. After briefly discussing a tropical version of linear algebra, we study polynomials build…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2019-08-21 Ralph Morrison