Secant v. Cactus

Algorithms for rank and cactus decomposition of polynomials 1

May 10, 2023, 9:30 AM

1h

Building 1R3, Amphitheater Schwartz (Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse)

Speaker

Daniel Taufer (KU Leuven)

Description

In this talk and the next one we will revise the algorithm for polynomial
decomposition originally proposed by Brachat-Comon-Mourrain-Tsidgaridas and
we will show how we can improve it. Then we will see how certain
modifications to the algorithm can lead to a cactus decomposition.