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Computing all roots of a function with square-root terms

Given $3n$ positive numbers $a_1, \ldots, a_n$, $b_1, \ldots, b_n$, and $x_1, \ldots, x_n$, we are given a function $$f(x) = \sum_{i = 1}^n \frac{a_i}{\sqrt{(x - x_i)^2 + b_i}}.$$ Can we find all the ...
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Tarski-Seidenberg for strict inequalities and bounded quantification

This theorem says that quantifiers over real variables can be eliminated from classical first order formulae built from equations and inequalities between polynomials with rational coefficients, ie in ...
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Finding generators of symmetric cones

I have a bunch of vectors $\mathbf v_i$ in $\mathbb R^n$. I would like to consider the cone $C$ spanned by these vectors, together with all the other vectors that can be obtained by permuting the ...
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Irreducibility of an explicit complex projective variety

Let $Y\subset \mathbb P^n_\mathbb C$ be a subvariety defined by a series of homogeneous polynomials $f_1, \ldots, f_t$. Is there an effective way to determine the irreducibility of $Y$ as an algebraic ...
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Computer algebra tools for finding real dimension of an algebraic variety

I have a system of polynomial equations with the unknowns being real numbers. The set of solutions is infinite. What software can I use to compute the real dimension of the solution set? The CAD-based ...
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Reasons to prefer one large prime over another to approximate characteristic zero

Background: In running algebraic geometry computations using software such as Macaulay2, it is often easier and faster to work over $\mathbb F_p = \mathbb Z / p\mathbb Z$ for a large prime $p$, rather ...
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Using Bertini software to determine whether or not a variety is empty

I have a system of polynomials $f_1,\dots, f_n \in \mathbb{C}[x_1,\dots, x_m]$, and I would like to determine whether the set of solutions to the system $f_1(x)=\dots=f_n(x)=0$ is empty or not. Since ...
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When is cohomology of a finitely presented dg-algebra computable?

Given a smooth affine variety $X$ defined over $\mathbb{Q}$, its singular cohomology is isomorphic to the algebraic de Rham cohomology, which is the cohomology of the complex $\Omega_X^0\to\Omega_X^1\...
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Computing whether a set of polynomials cuts out a projective variety

I have a set of multivariate polynomials over $\mathbb{Q}$, and I want to compute whether they cut out a projective variety, i.e. whether the radical of the ideal $I$ that they generate is homogeneous....
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Computing homology of subvarieties of Euclidean spaces by persistent homology

Let $M$ be a submanifold of the Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^n$. Let $G$ be a finite group acting on $M$ freely. I want to compute the homology (or even the cohomology ring) of $M/G$. Suppose the ...
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IntersectInP bug of Macaulay2 [closed]

I am trying to use the intersectInP command in Macaulay2, inside package ReesAlgebra. However, I tried to follow the exact code in the user-guide, but it doesn't run in my Ubuntu app (of win 10). Can ...
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Is there a workable numerical method for determining the center of a circle through three points? [closed]

I'm a 73-year-old engineer struggling with numerically implementing a math problem. I am working on a kinematic linkage project that generates motion paths (as long sequences of x,y coordinates) of ...
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Efficient algorithm to prove that a polynomial ideal contains 1

I have the following problem: Suppose to have an ideal $I\triangleleft k[x_1,...,x_n]$ defined by generators. There exists an efficient algorithm (perhaps more efficient than calculating the Groebner ...
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Computer algebra for calculating curvature when the tensor metric is very big

Is there a computer algebra method to compute the curvature of a Riemannian metric on the plane when the metric tensor has long entries $E,F,G$ The computation by hand is very ...
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Omitting constraints of polynomial system

Let $n_1, n_2 \geq 1$ be known integer constants. Suppose that we have the following system of $n$ polynomial inequalities for which we know that there exists a feasible solution $(p_1, p_2) \in (0,1)...
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Where to submit this work with several unusual features?

I appreciate that questions about where to submit are generally considered off-topic, but I hope that the unusual features of the present case may make it acceptable. I have put a monograph on github ...
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Algorithms in Invariant Theory

Let $V$ be a polynomial representation of the general linear group $\Gamma:=\DeclareMathOperator{\Gl}{Gl}\Gl_n(\newcommand{\C}{\mathbb C}\C)$. In chapter 4.6 of his book "Algorithms in Invariant ...