Title
Sign conditions for injectivity of generalized polynomial maps with applications to chemical reaction networks and real algebraic geometry
Abstract
We give necessary and sufficient conditions in terms of sign vectors for the injectivity of families of polynomial maps with arbitrary real exponents defined on the positive orthant. Our work relates and extends existing injectivity conditions expressed in terms of Jacobian matrices and determinants. In the context of chemical reaction networks with power-law kinetics, our results can be used to preclude as well as to guarantee multiple positive steady states. In the context of real algebraic geometry, our work recognizes a prior result of Craciun, Garcia-Puente, and Sottile, together with work of two of the authors, as the first partial multivariate generalization of the classical Descartes’ rule, which bounds the number of positive real roots of a univariate real polynomial in terms of the number of sign variations of its coefficients.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1007/s10208-014-9239-3
Foundations of Computational Mathematics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Sign vector,Restricted injectivity,Power-law kinetics,Descartes’ rule of signs,Oriented matroid,13P15,12D10,70K42,37C10,80A30,52C40
Mathematical optimization,Orthant,Jacobian matrix and determinant,Polynomial,Mathematical analysis,Oriented matroid,Matrix (mathematics),Descartes' rule of signs,Univariate,Real algebraic geometry,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
16
1
1615-3375
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
12
0.77
22
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Stefan Müller1546.09
Elisenda Feliu2487.33
Georg Regensburger314119.60
Carsten Conradi4363.86
Anne Shiu58714.47
Alicia Dickenstein611514.88