Title
Determinantal representations of hyperbolic curves via polynomial homotopy continuation
Abstract
A smooth curve of degree d in the real projective plane is hyperbolic if its ovals are maximally nested, i.e., its real points contain [d/2] nested ovals. By the Helton-Vinnikov theorem, any such curve admits a definite symmetric determinantal representation. We use polynomial homotopy continuation to compute such representations numerically. Our method works by lifting paths from the space of hyperbolic polynomials to a branched cover in the space of pairs of symmetric matrices.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1090/mcom/3194
MATHEMATICS OF COMPUTATION
Field
DocType
Volume
Real projective plane,Topology,Polynomial,Hyperbolic tree,Mathematical analysis,Symmetric matrix,Hyperbolic manifold,Homotopy continuation,Smoothness,Mathematics
Journal
86
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
308
0025-5718
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.36
2
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Anton Leykin117318.99
Daniel Plaumann2388.86