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Polynomial systems occur in many fields of science and engineering. Polynomial homotopy continuation methods apply symbolic-numeric algorithms to solve polynomial systems. We describe the design and implementation of our web interface and…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2015-06-09 Nathan Bliss , Jeff Sommars , Jan Verschelde , Xiangcheng Yu

This paper investigates the cost of solving systems of sparse polynomial equations by homotopy continuation. First, a space of systems of $n$-variate polynomial equations is specified through $n$ monomial bases. The natural locus for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-05 Gregorio Malajovich

To compute solutions of sparse polynomial systems efficiently we have to exploit the structure of their Newton polytopes. While the application of polyhedral methods naturally excludes solutions with zero components, an irreducible…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2014-05-05 Danko Adrovic , Jan Verschelde

In this paper, we introduce a homotopy function to trace the trajectory by applying modified homotopy continuation method for finding the solution of two-person zero-sum discounted stochastic ARAT game. We show that the algorithm has the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-17 A. Dutta , A. K. Das

Numerical continuation methods track a solution path defined by a homotopy. The systems we consider are defined by polynomials in several variables with complex coefficients. For larger dimensions and degrees, the numerical conditioning…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2015-06-15 Jan Verschelde , Xiangcheng Yu

We establish how the coefficients of a sparse polynomial system influence the sum (or the trace) of its zeros. As an application, we develop numerical tests for verifying whether a set of solutions to a sparse system is complete. These…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2022-01-14 Taylor Brysiewicz , Michael Burr

We revisit the problem of certifying the correctness of approximate solution paths computed by numerical homotopy continuation methods. We propose a conceptually simple approach based on a parametric variant of the Krawczyk method from…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-31 Timothy Duff , Kisun Lee

We implement a real polyhedral homotopy method using three functions. The first function provides a certificate that our real polyhedral homotopy is applicable to a given system; the second function generates binomial systems for a start…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2024-06-05 Kisun Lee , Julia Lindberg , Jose Israel Rodriguez

To compute solutions of sparse polynomial systems efficiently we have to exploit the structure of their Newton polytopes. While the application of polyhedral methods naturally excludes solutions with zero components, an irreducible…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2013-10-16 Danko Adrovic , Jan Verschelde

This paper gives the first algorithm for finding a set of natural $\epsilon$-clusters of complex zeros of a triangular system of polynomials within a given polybox in $\mathbb{C}^n$, for any given $\epsilon>0$. Our algorithm is based on a…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2019-09-30 Rémi Imbach , Marc Pouget , Chee Yap

Algorithms for the computation of the real zeros of hypergeometric functions which are solutions of second order ODEs are described. The algorithms are based on global fixed point iterations which apply to families of functions satisfying…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Amparo Gil , Wolfram Koepf , Javier Segura

We investigate a version of Viro's method for constructing polynomial systems with many positive solutions, based on regular triangulations of the Newton polytope of the system. The number of positive solutions obtained with our method is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-04 Frédéric Bihan , Francisco Santos , Pierre-Jean Spaenlehauer

The goal of this paper is to study the path-following method for univariate polynomials. We propose to study the complexity and condition properties when the Newton method is applied as a correction operator. Then we study the geodesics and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-10 Bao Duy Tran

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

We describe an algorithm to count the number of distinct real zeros of a polynomial (square) system f. The algorithm performs O(n D kappa(f)) iterations where n is the number of polynomials (as well as the dimension of the ambient space), D…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2010-07-12 Felipe Cucker , Teresa Krick , Gregorio Malajovich , Mario Wschebor

We consider the problem of computing homogeneous coordinates of points in a zero-dimensional subscheme of a compact, complex toric variety $X$. Our starting point is a homogeneous ideal $I$ in the Cox ring of $X$, which in practice might…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2022-03-14 Matías R. Bender , Simon Telen

Computing the isotopy type of a hypersurface, defined as the positive real zero set of a multivariate polynomial, is a challenging problem in real algebraic geometry. We focus on the case where the defining polynomial has combinatorially…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-06-24 Weixun Deng , J. Maurice Rojas , Máté L. Telek

A theory of numerical path-following in toric varieties was suggested in two previous papers. The motivation is solving systems of polynomials with real or complex coefficients. When those polynomials are not assumed 'dense', solving them…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-06-23 Gregorio Malajovich

We exhibit a probabilistic symbolic algorithm for solving zero-dimensional sparse systems. Our algorithm combines a symbolic homotopy procedure, based on a flat deformation of a certain morphism of affine varieties, with the polyhedral…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Gabriela Jeronimo , Guillermo Matera , Pablo Solerno , Ariel Waissbein

We develop a certified numerical algorithm for computing Galois/monodromy groups of parametrized polynomial systems. Our approach employs certified homotopy path tracking to guarantee the correctness of the monodromy action produced by the…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-19 Timothy Duff , Kisun Lee