Fundamental Problems of Algorithmic Algebra

Content: O INTRODUCTION 
 1. Fundamental Problem of Algebra 
 2. Fundamental Problem of Classical Algebraic Geometry 
 3. Fundamental Problem of Ideal Theory 
 4. Representation and Size 
 5. Computational Models 
 6. Asymptotic Notations 
 7. Complexity of Multiplication 
 8. On Bit versus Algebraic Complexity 
 9. Miscellany 
 10. Computer Algebra Systems 
 I ARITHMETIC 
 1. The Discrete Fourier Transform 
 2. Polynomial Multiplication 
 3. Modular FFT 
 4. Fast Integer Multiplication 
 5. Matrix Multiplication 
 II THE GCD 
 1. Unique Factorization Domain 
 2. Euclid's Algorithm 
 3. Euclidean Ring 
 4. The Half-GCD problem 
 5. Properties of the Norm 
 6. Polynomial HGCD 
 A. APPENDIX: Integer HGCD 
 III SUBRESULTANTS 
 1. Primitive Factorization 
 2. Pseudo-remainders and PRS 
 3. Determinantal Polynomials 
 4. Polynomial Pseudo-Quotient 
 5. The Subresultant PRS 
 6. Subresultants 
 7. Pseudo-subresultants 
 8. Subresultant Theorem 
 9. Correctness of the Subresultant PRS Algorithm 
 IV MODULAR TECHNIQUES 
 1. Chinese Remainder Theorem 
 2. Evaluation and Interpolation 
 3. Finiding Prime Moduli 
 4. Lucky homomorphisms for the GCD 
 5. Coefficient Bounds for Factors 
 6. A Modular GCD algorithm 
 7. What else in GCD computation? 
 IV FUNDAMENTAL THEOREM OF ALGEBRA 
 1. Elements of Field Theory 
 2. Ordered Rings 
 3. Formally Real Rings 
 4. Constructible Extensions 
 5. Real Closed Fields 
 6. Fundamental Theorem of Algebra 
 VI ROOTS OF POLYNOMIALS 
 1. Elementary Properties of Polynomial Roots 
 2. Root Bounds 
 3. Algebraic Numbers 
 4. Resultants 
 5. Symmetric Functions 
 6. Discriminant 
 7. Root Separation 
 8. A Generalized Hadamard Bound 
 9. Isolating Intervals 
 10. On Newton's Method 
 11. Guaranteed Convergence of Newton Iteration 
 VII STURM THEORY 
 1. Sturm Sequences from PRS 
 2. A Generalized Sturm Theorem 
 3. Corollaries and Applications 
 4. Integer and Complex Roots 
 5. The Routh-Hurwitz Theorem 
 6. Sign Encoding of Algebraic Numbers: Thom's Lemma 
 7. Problem of Relative Sign Conditions 
 8. The BKR algorithm 
 VIII GAUSSIAN LATTICE REDUCTION 
 1. Lattices 
 2. Shortest vectors in planar lattices 
 3. Coherent Remainder Sequences 
 IX LATTICE REDUCTION AND APPLICATIONS 
 1. Gram-Schmidt Orthogonalization 
 2. Minkowski's Convex Body Theorem 
 3. Weakly Reduced Bases 
 4. Reduced Bases and the LLL-algorithm 
 5. Short Vectors 
 6. Factorization via Reconstruction of Minimal Polynomials 
 X LINEAR SYSTEMS 
 1. Sylvester's Identity 
 2. Fraction-free Determinant Computation 
 3. Matrix Inversion 
 4. Hermite Normal Form 
 5. A Multiple GCD Bound and Algorithm 
 6. Hermite Reduction Step 
 7. Bachem-Kannan Algorithm 
 8. Smith Normal Form 
 9. Further Applications 
 XI ELIMINATION THEORY 
 1. Hilbert Basis Theorem 
 2. Hilbert Nullstellensatz 
 3. Specializations 
 4. Resultant Systems 
 5. Sylvester Resultant Revisited 
 6. Interial Ideal 
 7. The Macaulay Resultant 
 8. U-Resultant 
 9. Generalized Characteristic Polynomial 
 10. Generalized U - resultant 
 11. A Multivariate Root Bound 
 A. APPENDIX A: Power Series 
 B. APPENDIX B: Counting Irreducible Polynomials 
 XII GROBNER BASES 
 1. Admissible Orderings 
 2. Normal Form ALgorithm 
 3. Characterizations of Grobner Bases 
 4. Buchberger's Algorithm 
 5. Uniqueness 
 6. Elimination Properties 
 7. Computing in Quotient Rings 
 8. Syzygies 
 XIII BOUNDS IN POLYNOMIAL IDEAL THEORY 
 1. Some Bounds in Polynomial Ideal Theory 
 2. The Hilbert-Sette Theorem 
 3. Homogeneous Sets 
 4. Cone Decomposition 
 5. Exact Decomposition of NF (I) 
 6. Exact Decomposition of Ideals 
 7. Bouding the Macaulay constants 
 8. Term Rewriting Systems 
 9. A Quadratic Counter 
 10. Uniqueness Property 
 11. Lower Bounds 
 A. APPENDIX: Properties of So 
 XIV CONTINUED FRACTIONS 
 1. Introductions 
 2. Extended Numbers 
 3. General Terminology 
 4. Ordinary Continued Fractions 
 5. Continued fractions as Mobius transformations 
 6. Convergence Properties 
 7. Real Mobius Transformations 
 8. Continued Fractions of Roots 
 9. Arithmetic Operations