Truth table invariant cylindrical algebraic decomposition

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DOI10.1016/J.JSC.2015.11.002zbMATH Open1351.68314arXiv1401.0645OpenAlexW1916563250WikidataQ59590566 ScholiaQ59590566MaRDI QIDQ5963392FDOQ5963392

Scott McCallum, Matthew England, James H. Davenport, Russell Bradford, David Wilson

Publication date: 19 February 2016

Published in: Journal of Symbolic Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: When using cylindrical algebraic decomposition (CAD) to solve a problem with respect to a set of polynomials, it is likely not the signs of those polynomials that are of paramount importance but rather the truth values of certain quantifier free formulae involving them. This observation motivates our article and definition of a Truth Table Invariant CAD (TTICAD). In ISSAC 2013 the current authors presented an algorithm that can efficiently and directly construct a TTICAD for a list of formulae in which each has an equational constraint. This was achieved by generalising McCallum's theory of reduced projection operators. In this paper we present an extended version of our theory which can be applied to an arbitrary list of formulae, achieving savings if at least one has an equational constraint. We also explain how the theory of reduced projection operators can allow for further improvements to the lifting phase of CAD algorithms, even in the context of a single equational constraint. The algorithm is implemented fully in Maple and we present both promising results from experimentation and a complexity analysis showing the benefits of our contributions.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.0645




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