Title
The Importance Of Being Zero
Abstract
We present a deterministic algorithm for deciding if a polynomial ideal, with coefficients in an algebraically closed field K of characteristic zero, of which we know just some very limited data, namely: the number n of variables, and some upper bound for the geometric degree of its zero set in K-n, is or not the zero ideal. The algorithm performs just a finite number of decisions to check whether a point is or not in the zero set of the ideal. Moreover, we extend this technique to test, in the same fashion, if the elimination of some variables in the given ideal yields or not the zero ideal. Finally, the role of this technique in the context of automated theorem proving of elementary geometry statements, is presented, with references to recent documents describing the excellent performance of the already existing prototype version, implemented in GeoGebra.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1145/3208976.3208981
ISSAC'18: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2018 ACM INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SYMBOLIC AND ALGEBRAIC COMPUTATION
Keywords
Field
DocType
zero-test, polynomial ideals, Schwartz-Zippel Lemma, automated reasoning in geometry, proving by examples, GeoGebra
Zero element,Discrete mathematics,Schwartz–Zippel lemma,Finite set,Polynomial,Computer science,Upper and lower bounds,Zero set,Deterministic algorithm,Algebraically closed field
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
5
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Tomás Recio130742.06
J. Rafael Sendra262168.33
Carlos Villarino3558.42