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Polynomial root-finding algorithms and branched covers

Myong-Hi Kim, Scott Sutherland

math.DSarXiv:math/9201280

Abstract

We construct a family of root-finding algorithms which exploit the branched covering structure of a polynomial of degree d with a path-lifting algorithm for finding individual roots. In particular, the family includes an algorithm that computes an ε-factorization of the polynomial which has an arithmetic complexity of d2( d)2 + d( d)2|ε|. At the present time (1993), this complexity is the best known in terms of the degree.

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