New Structured Matrix Methods for Real and Complex Polynomial Root-finding

We combine the known methods for univariate polynomial root-finding and for computations in the Frobenius matrix algebra with our novel techniques to advance numerical solution of a univariate polynomial equation, and in particular numerical approximation of the real roots of a polynomial. Our analysis and experiments show efficiency of the resulting algorithms.Comment: 18 page

Matrix computations and polynomial root-finding with preprocessing

AbstractSolution of homogeneous linear systems of equations is a basic operation of matrix computations. The customary algorithms rely on pivoting, orthogonalization and SVD, but we employ randomized preprocessing instead. This enables us to accelerate the solution dramatically, both in terms of the estimated arithmetic cost and the observed CPU time. The approach is effective in the cases of both general and structured input matrices and we extend it and its computational advantages to the solution of nonhomogeneous linear systems of equations, matrix eigen-solving, the solution of polynomial and secular equations, and approximation of a matrix by a nearby matrix that has a smaller rank or a fixed structure (e.g., of the Toeplitz or Hankel type). Our analysis and extensive experiments show the power of the presented algorithms