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Solving Sparse Integer Linear Systems
We propose a new algorithm to solve sparse linear systems of equations over
the integers. This algorithm is based on a -adic lifting technique combined
with the use of block matrices with structured blocks. It achieves a sub-cubic
complexity in terms of machine operations subject to a conjecture on the
effectiveness of certain sparse projections. A LinBox-based implementation of
this algorithm is demonstrated, and emphasizes the practical benefits of this
new method over the previous state of the art
Fast, deterministic computation of the Hermite normal form and determinant of a polynomial matrix
Given a nonsingular matrix of univariate polynomials over a
field , we give fast and deterministic algorithms to compute its
determinant and its Hermite normal form. Our algorithms use
operations in ,
where is bounded from above by both the average of the degrees of the rows
and that of the columns of the matrix and is the exponent of matrix
multiplication. The soft- notation indicates that logarithmic factors in the
big- are omitted while the ceiling function indicates that the cost is
when . Our algorithms are based
on a fast and deterministic triangularization method for computing the diagonal
entries of the Hermite form of a nonsingular matrix.Comment: 34 pages, 3 algorithm
Towards an exact adaptive algorithm for the determinant of a rational matrix
In this paper we propose several strategies for the exact computation of the
determinant of a rational matrix. First, we use the Chinese Remaindering
Theorem and the rational reconstruction to recover the rational determinant
from its modular images. Then we show a preconditioning for the determinant
which allows us to skip the rational reconstruction process and reconstruct an
integer result. We compare those approaches with matrix preconditioning which
allow us to treat integer instead of rational matrices. This allows us to
introduce integer determinant algorithms to the rational determinant problem.
In particular, we discuss the applicability of the adaptive determinant
algorithm of [9] and compare it with the integer Chinese Remaindering scheme.
We present an analysis of the complexity of the strategies and evaluate their
experimental performance on numerous examples. This experience allows us to
develop an adaptive strategy which would choose the best solution at the run
time, depending on matrix properties. All strategies have been implemented in
LinBox linear algebra library
An introspective algorithm for the integer determinant
We present an algorithm computing the determinant of an integer matrix A. The
algorithm is introspective in the sense that it uses several distinct
algorithms that run in a concurrent manner. During the course of the algorithm
partial results coming from distinct methods can be combined. Then, depending
on the current running time of each method, the algorithm can emphasize a
particular variant. With the use of very fast modular routines for linear
algebra, our implementation is an order of magnitude faster than other existing
implementations. Moreover, we prove that the expected complexity of our
algorithm is only O(n^3 log^{2.5}(n ||A||)) bit operations in the dense case
and O(Omega n^{1.5} log^2(n ||A||) + n^{2.5}log^3(n||A||)) in the sparse case,
where ||A|| is the largest entry in absolute value of the matrix and Omega is
the cost of matrix-vector multiplication in the case of a sparse matrix.Comment: Published in Transgressive Computing 2006, Grenade : Espagne (2006
CFT, BCFT, ADE and all that
These pedagogical lectures present some material, classical or more recent,
on (Rational) Conformal Field Theories and their general setting ``in the
bulk'' or in the presence of a boundary. Two well posed problems are the
classification of modular invariant partition functions and the determination
of boundary conditions consistent with conformal invariance. It is shown why
the two problems are intimately connected and how graphs -ADE Dynkin diagrams
and their generalizations- appear in a natural way.Comment: Lectures at Bariloche, Argentina, January 2000. 36 pages, 4 figure
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