How to recognize zero? (Q1382029)

From MaRDI portal
scientific article
Language Label Description Also known as
English
How to recognize zero?
scientific article

    Statements

    How to recognize zero? (English)
    0 references
    0 references
    4 May 1998
    0 references
    An elementary point is a point in complex \(n\) space which is an isolated, nonsingular solution of \(n\) equations in \(n\) variables, each equation being either of the form \(p=0\), where \(p\) is a polynomial in \(\mathbb{Q}[x_1, \dots, x_n]\), or of the form \(x_j-e^{x_i}=0\). An elementary number is the polynomial image of an elementary point. The scope of this paper is to present a semi-algorithm to decide whether or not a given elementary number is zero. It is proved that this semi-algorithm is an algorithm, i.e. that it always terminates, unless it is given a problem containing a counterexample to Schanuel's conjecture.
    0 references
    lazy sequence
    0 references
    characteristic sets
    0 references
    elementary number
    0 references
    algorithm
    0 references
    Schanuel's conjecture
    0 references

    Identifiers

    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references