Quantitative curve selection lemma

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Abstract: We prove a quantitative version of the curve selection lemma. Denoting by s,d,k a bound on the number, the degree and the number of variables of the polynomials describing a semi-algebraic set S and a point x in , we find a semi-algebraic path starting at x and entering in S with a description of degree (O(d)3k+3,O(d)k) (using a precise definition of the description of a semi-algebraic path and its degree given in the paper). As a consequence, we prove that there exists a semi-algebraic path starting at x and entering in S, such that the degree of the Zariski closure of the image of this path is bounded by O(d)4k+3, improving a result of Jelonek and Kurdyka. We also give an algorithm for describing the real isolated points of S whose complexity is bounded by s2k+1dO(k) improving a result of Le, Safey el Din, and de Wolff.









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