Title
Random sampling in computational algebra: Helly numbers and violator spaces.
Abstract
This paper transfers a randomized algorithm, originally used in geometric optimization, to computational problems in commutative algebra. We show that Clarkson's sampling algorithm can be applied to two problems in computational algebra: solving large-scale polynomial systems and finding small generating sets of graded ideals. The cornerstone of our work is showing that the theory of violator spaces of Gärtner et al. applies to polynomial ideal problems. To show this, one utilizes a Helly-type result for algebraic varieties. The resulting algorithms have expected runtime linear in the number of input polynomials, making the ideas interesting for handling systems with very large numbers of polynomials, but whose rank in the vector space of polynomials is small (e.g., when the number of variables and degree is constant).
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1016/j.jsc.2016.01.001
Journal of Symbolic Computation
Keywords
Field
DocType
68W20,68R05,12Y05,13P10,14Q10,08A40
Randomized algorithm,Discrete mathematics,Computational problem,Vector space,Polynomial,Commutative algebra,Algebraic variety,Sampling (statistics),Mathematics,Preprint
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
77
0747-7171
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
12
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jesús A. De Loera135742.24
Sonja Petrovic2196.14
Despina Stasi320.77