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There are a variety of choices to be made in both computer algebra systems (CASs) and satisfiability modulo theory (SMT) solvers which can impact performance without affecting mathematical correctness. Such choices are candidates for…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2021-06-17 Dorian Florescu , Matthew England

Cylindrical algebraic decomposition (CAD) is an important tool for working with polynomial systems, particularly quantifier elimination. However, it has complexity doubly exponential in the number of variables. The base algorithm can be…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2016-10-03 Matthew England , James H. Davenport

When building a cylindrical algebraic decomposition (CAD) savings can be made in the presence of an equational constraint (EC): an equation logically implied by a formula. The present paper is concerned with how to use multiple ECs,…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2015-07-20 Matthew England , Russell Bradford , James H. Davenport

The Cylindrical Algebraic Decomposition (CAD) method is currently the only complete algorithm used in practice for solving real-algebraic problems. To ameliorate its doubly-exponential complexity, different exploration-guided adaptations…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2025-08-04 Jasper Nalbach , Erika Ábrahám

Symbolic Computation algorithms and their implementation in computer algebra systems often contain choices which do not affect the correctness of the output but can significantly impact the resources required: such choices can benefit from…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2024-09-12 Tereso del Río , Matthew England

The cylindrical algebraic decomposition (CAD) is the only complete method used in practice for solving problems like quantifier elimination or SMT solving related to real algebra, despite its doubly exponential complexity. Recent…

We present a new algorithm for determining the satisfiability of conjunctions of non-linear polynomial constraints over the reals, which can be used as a theory solver for satisfiability modulo theory (SMT) solving for non-linear real…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2021-06-17 Erika Ábrahám , James H. Davenport , Matthew England , Gereon Kremer

A Cylindrical Algebraic Decomposition (CAD) is a decomposition of R^n into a finite collection of semialgebraic cells. A CAD satisfies the "frontier condition" if, for every cell C, there is a collection of cells of the decomposition whose…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2023-07-18 Hollie Baker

We present a divide-and-conquer version of the Cylindrical Algebraic Decomposition (CAD) algorithm. The algorithm represents the input as a Boolean combination of subformulas, computes cylindrical algebraic decompositions of solution sets…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2014-02-05 Adam Strzebonski

We present an algorithm which computes a cylindrical algebraic decomposition of a semialgebraic set using projection sets computed for each cell separately. Such local projection sets can be significantly smaller than the global projection…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2014-05-21 Adam Strzebonski

This abstract seeks to introduce the ISSAC community to the DEWCAD project, which is based at Coventry University and the University of Bath, in the United Kingdom. The project seeks to push back the Doubly Exponential Wall of Cylindrical…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2022-01-14 R. Bradford , J. H. Davenport , M. England , A. Sadeghimanesh , A. Uncu

Cylindrical Algebraic Decomposition (CAD) by projection and lifting requires many iterated univariate resultants. It has been observed that these often factor, but to date this has not been used to optimise implementations of CAD. We…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2023-08-21 James H. Davenport , Matthew England

Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) solvers check the satisfiability of quantifier-free first-order logic formulas. We consider the theory of non-linear real arithmetic where the formulae are logical combinations of polynomial constraints.…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2024-01-31 Jasper Nalbach , Erika Ábrahám , Philippe Specht , Christopher W. Brown , James H. Davenport , Matthew England

The Cylindrical Algebraic Decomposition (CAD) algorithm is a comprehensive tool to perform quantifier elimination over real closed fields. CAD has doubly exponential running time, making it infeasible for practical purposes. We propose to…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2013-01-22 Hari Krishna Malladi , Ambedkar Dukkipati

Cylindrical Algebraic Decomposition (CAD) is a key tool in computational algebraic geometry, particularly for quantifier elimination over real-closed fields. However, it can be expensive, with worst case complexity doubly exponential in the…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2017-02-15 Zongyan Huang , Matthew England , James H. Davenport , Lawrence C. Paulson

One of the few available complete methods for checking the satisfiability of sets of polynomial constraints over the reals is the cylindrical algebraic covering (CAlC) method. In this paper, we propose an extension for this method to…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2023-06-30 Philipp Bär , Jasper Nalbach , Erika Ábrahám , Christopher W. Brown

Cylindrical algebraic decomposition (CAD) is a key tool for problems in real algebraic geometry and beyond. When using CAD there is often a choice over the variable ordering to use, with some problems infeasible in one ordering but simple…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2015-02-12 Zongyan Huang , Matthew England , David Wilson , James H. Davenport , Lawrence C. Paulson

New methods for $D$-decomposition analysis are presented. They are based on topology of real algebraic varieties and computational real algebraic geometry. The estimate of number of root invariant regions for polynomial parametric families…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-12-31 Oleg O. Vasil'ev

McCallum-style Cylindrical Algebra Decomposition (CAD) is a major improvement on the original Collins version, and has had many subsequent advances, notably for total or partial equational constraints. But it suffers from a problem with…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2023-12-08 James H. Davenport , Akshar S. Nair , Gregory K. Sankaran , Ali K. Uncu

This paper builds and extends on the authors' previous work related to the algorithmic tool, Cylindrical Algebraic Decomposition (CAD), and one of its core applications, Real Quantifier Elimination (QE). These topics are at the heart of…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2025-11-20 James H. Davenport , Matthew England , Scott McCallum , Ali K. Uncu