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Let V $\subset$ C n be an equidimensional algebraic set and g be an n-variate polynomial with rational coefficients. Computing the critical points of the map that evaluates g at the points of V is a cornerstone of several algorithms in real…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2016-05-10 Mohab Safey El Din , Pierre-Jean Spaenlehauer

The topological complexity TC(X) is a homotopy invariant which reflects the complexity of the problem of constructing a motion planning algorithm in the space X, viewed as configuration space of a mechanical system. In this paper we…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2008-06-26 Michael Farber , Mark Grant

Grassmann and flag varieties lead many lives in pure and applied mathematics. Here we focus on the algebraic complexity of solving various problems in linear algebra and statistics as optimization problems over these varieties. The measure…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-02 Hannah Friedman , Serkan Hoşten

We investigate the complexity of isomorphism relations for classes of finitely generated and n-generated computably enumerable (c.e.) algebras, presented via c.e. presentations -- that is, as quotients of term algebras over decidable sets…

Logic · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Meng-Che "Turbo" Ho , Martin Ritter , Luca San Mauro

Similarity learning has received a large amount of interest and is an important tool for many scientific and industrial applications. In this framework, we wish to infer the distance (similarity) between points with respect to an arbitrary…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2016-11-30 Michael Rabadi

Motivated by the concept of Euclidean Distance Degree, which measures the complexity of finding the nearest point to an algebraic set in Euclidean space, we introduce the notion of Grassmann Distance Complexity (GDC). This concept…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-11-26 Antonio Lerario , Andrea Rosana

Let $Z$ be a projective geometrically integral algebraic variety. This paper is concerned with estimating the number of rational points on $Z$ which have height at most $B$. The bounds obtained are uniform in varieties of fixed degree and…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 T. D. Browning , D. R. Heath-Brown , P. Salberger

This paper classifies the complexity of various teaching models by their position in the arithmetical hierarchy. In particular, we determine the arithmetical complexity of the index sets of the following classes: (1) the class of uniformly…

Logic · Mathematics 2016-10-28 Achilles A. Beros , Ziyuan Gao , Sandra Zilles

We show that the Euclidean distance degree of a real orthogonally invariant matrix variety equals the Euclidean distance degree of its restriction to diagonal matrices. We illustrate how this result can greatly simplify calculations in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-01-28 Dmitriy Drusvyatskiy , Hon-Leung Lee , Giorgio Ottaviani , Rekha R. Thomas

Suppose that $X_A\subset \mathbb{P}^{n-1}$ is a toric variety of codimension two defined by an $(n-2)\times n$ integer matrix $A$, and let $B$ be a Gale dual of $A$. In this paper we compute the Euclidean distance degree and polar degrees…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2019-08-16 Martin Helmer , Bernt Ivar Utstøl Nødland

We investigate how well complex algebraic numbers can be approximated by algebraic numbers of degree at most n. We also investigate how well complex algebraic numbers can be approximated by algebraic integers of degree at most n+1. It…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-09-19 Yann Bugeaud , Jan-Hendrik Evertse

Many systems of interest in cryptography consist of equations of the same degree. Under the assumption that the degree of regularity is finite, we prove upper bounds on the degree of regularity of a system of equations of the same degree,…

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Motivated by finding an effective way to compute the algebraic complexity of the nearest point problem for algebraic models, we introduce an efficient method for detecting the limit points of the stratified Morse trajectories in a small…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2023-08-11 Laurenţiu Maxim , Mihai Tibăr

Let ${\cal L}$ be an arrangement of $n$ lines in the Euclidean plane. The \emph{$k$-level} of ${\cal L}$ consists of all vertices $v$ of the arrangement which have exactly $k$ lines of ${\cal L}$ passing below $v$. The complexity (the…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2020-03-10 Man-Kwun Chiu , Stefan Felsner , Manfred Scheucher , Patrick Schnider , Raphael Steiner , Pavel Valtr

We present a bounded probability algorithm for the computation of the Chow forms of the equidimensional components of an algebraic variety. Its complexity is polynomial in the length and in the geometric degree of the input equation system…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Gabriela Jeronimo , Teresa Krick , Juan Sabia , Martin Sombra

We aim at studying collections of algebraic structures defined over a commutative ring and investigating the complexity of significant constructions carried out on these objects. The assignment of measures of size, via a multiplicity…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2014-02-11 Wolmer V. Vasconcelos

Despite encouraging recent progresses in ensemble approaches, classification methods seem to have reached a plateau in development. Further advances depend on a better understanding of geometrical and topological characteristics of point…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Tin Kam Ho

Recent literature has shown that symbolic data, such as text and graphs, is often better represented by points on a curved manifold, rather than in Euclidean space. However, geometrical operations on manifolds are generally more complicated…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-02-06 Max Aalto , Nakul Verma

We consider the problem of classification of points sampled from an unknown probability measure on a Euclidean space. We study the question of querying the class label at a very small number of judiciously chosen points so as to be able to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-12-09 Alexander Cloninger , Hrushikesh Mhaskar