Computing Multi-Homogeneous Bezout Numbers is Hard

dc.creatorMalajovich, Gregorio
dc.creatorMeer, Klaus
dc.date2004-05-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:38:10Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:38:10Z
dc.descriptionThe multi-homogeneous Bezout number is a bound for the number of solutions of a system of multi-homogeneous polynomial equations, in a suitable product of projective spaces. Given an arbitrary, not necessarily multi-homogeneous system, one can ask for the optimal multi-homogenization that would minimize the Bezout number. In this paper, it is proved that the problem of computing, or even estimating the optimal multi-homogeneous Bezout number is actually NP-hard. In terms of approximation theory for combinatorial optimization, the problem of computing the best multi-homogeneous structure does not belong to APX, unless P = NP. Moreover, polynomial time algorithms for estimating the minimal multi-homogeneous Bezout number up to a fixed factor cannot exist even in a randomized setting, unless BPP contains NP.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0405021
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0405021
dc.identifierTheory of Computing Systems, Volume 40, Number 4 / June, 2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1007/s00224-006-1322-y
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/140631
dc.subjectComputational Complexity
dc.subjectSymbolic Computation
dc.subjectF.2.1;G.1.5
dc.titleComputing Multi-Homogeneous Bezout Numbers is Hard
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