Resultants for Univariate Polynomials 7/14/2008, 10.45-12.15 Manfred Minimair E-mail: manfred@minimair.org Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, USA Importance of resultants Fundamental for solving systems of polynomial equations Many applications where polynomial equations arise: e.g. computer graphics, robotics, computational chemistry, ... Univariate resultants Problem statement Basic cases Sylvester construction Bezout construction Typical uses References: any textbook on computer algebra Problem statement Input: polynomials f and g in variable x Output: a number r, the resultant of f and g, that is zero if and only if f and g have a common root more precisely: Vanishing Theorem f and g have a common root or the leading coefficients of f and g both vanish iff thre resultant r vanishes. The resultant is an irreducible polynomial in the coefficients of f and g. Examples QyQ+SSJmRzYiLUklc29ydEclKnByb3RlY3RlZEc2JC1JKXJhbmRwb2x5RzYkRihJKF9zeXNsaWJHRiU2JEkieEdGJS9JJ2RlZ3JlZUdGKCIiI0YvIiIi LCgqJiIjJSoiIiIpSSJ4RzYiIiIjRiUhIiIqJiIjKClGJUYnRiVGJSIjY0Yq QyQ+SSJnRzYiLUklc29ydEclKnByb3RlY3RlZEc2JC1JKXJhbmRwb2x5RzYkRihJKF9zeXNsaWJHRiU2JEkieEdGJS9JJ2RlZ3JlZUdGKCIiJEYvIiIi LCgqJiIjaSIiIilJInhHNiIiIiNGJSEiIiomIiMoKkYlRidGJUYlIiN0Rio= QyQtSSpyZXN1bHRhbnRHNiI2JUkiZkdGJUkiZ0dGJUkieEdGJSIiIg== IihXKHAhKQ== Resultant does not vanish. 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There is no single polynomial such that both a0 and b0 vanish. 2 Resultant of two polynomials of degree 1 QyQ+SSJmRzYiLCYqJkkjYTFHRiUiIiJJInhHRiVGKUYpSSNhMEdGJUYpRik= LCYqJkkjYTFHNiIiIiJJInhHRiVGJkYmSSNhMEdGJUYm QyQ+SSJnRzYiLCYqJkkjYjFHRiUiIiJJInhHRiVGKUYpSSNiMEdGJUYpRik= LCYqJkkjYjFHNiIiIiJJInhHRiVGJkYmSSNiMEdGJUYm QyQtSSZzb2x2ZUc2IjYkNyRJImZHRiVJImdHRiVJInhHRiUiIiI= LUklbXJvd0c2Iy9JK21vZHVsZW5hbWVHNiJJLFR5cGVzZXR0aW5nR0koX3N5c2xpYkdGJzYjLUkjbWlHRiQ2JVEhRicvJSdpdGFsaWNHUSV0cnVlRicvJSxtYXRodmFyaWFudEdRJ2l0YWxpY0Yn LUklbXJvd0c2Iy9JK21vZHVsZW5hbWVHNiJJLFR5cGVzZXR0aW5nR0koX3N5c2xpYkdGJzYjLUkjbWlHRiQ2JVEhRicvJSdpdGFsaWNHUSV0cnVlRicvJSxtYXRodmFyaWFudEdRJ2l0YWxpY0Yn What is the resultant of f and g? Idea: view f=0 and g=0 as two linear equations QyQvLCYqJkkjYTFHNiIiIiJJInhHRidGKEYoKiZJI2EwR0YnRihJInpHRidGKEYoIiIhRig= LywmKiZJI2ExRzYiIiIiSSJ4R0YmRidGJyomSSNhMEdGJkYnSSJ6R0YmRidGJyIiIQ== QyQvLCYqJkkjYjFHNiIiIiJJInhHRidGKEYoKiZJI2IwR0YnRihJInpHRidGKEYoIiIhRig= LywmKiZJI2IxRzYiIiIiSSJ4R0YmRidGJyomSSNiMEdGJkYnSSJ6R0YmRidGJyIiIQ== where z = 1. There is a non-trivial solution (x,1) iff QyQvLCYqJkkjYjFHNiIiIiJJI2EwR0YnRighIiIqJkkjYjBHRidGKEkjYTFHRidGKEYoIiIhRig= LywmKiZJI2IxRzYiIiIiSSNhMEdGJkYnISIiKiZJI2IwR0YmRidJI2ExR0YmRidGJyIiIQ== The resultant is the determinant of the linear system: QyQtSSpyZXN1bHRhbnRHNiQlKnByb3RlY3RlZEdJKF9zeXNsaWJHNiI2JUkiZkdGKEkiZ0dGKEkieEdGKCIiIg== LCYqJkkjYjFHNiIiIiJJI2EwR0YlRiYhIiIqJkkjYjBHRiVGJkkjYTFHRiVGJkYm Sylvester constrution Idea: linearize problem Example: QyQ+SSJmRzYiLCgqJkkjYTJHRiUiIiIpSSJ4R0YlIiIjRilGKSomSSNhMUdGJUYpRitGKUYpSSNhMEdGJUYpRik= LCgqJkkjYTJHNiIiIiIpSSJ4R0YlIiIjRiZGJiomSSNhMUdGJUYmRihGJkYmSSNhMEdGJUYm QyQ+SSJnRzYiLCoqJkkjYjNHRiUiIiIpSSJ4R0YlIiIkRilGKSomSSNiMkdGJUYpKUYrIiIjRilGKSomSSNiMUdGJUYpRitGKUYpSSNiMEdGJUYpRik= LCoqJkkjYjNHNiIiIiIpSSJ4R0YlIiIkRiZGJiomSSNiMkdGJUYmKUYoIiIjRiZGJiomSSNiMUdGJUYmRihGJkYmSSNiMEdGJUYm Idea: maybe replace powers of x by new variables: x^3LUklbXJvd0c2Iy9JK21vZHVsZW5hbWVHNiJJLFR5cGVzZXR0aW5nR0koX3N5c2xpYkdGJzYkLUkjbWlHRiQ2JVEhRicvJSdpdGFsaWNHUSV0cnVlRicvJSxtYXRodmFyaWFudEdRJ2l0YWxpY0YnLUYsNihRImFGJy8lJXNpemVHUSMxMkYnRi8vJStmb3JlZ3JvdW5kR1ErWzAsMTYwLDgwXUYnLyUscGxhY2Vob2xkZXJHRjFGMg== = x3, x^2=x2, x1=x, x0=1 f = a2 x2 + a1 x1 + a0 x0 g = b3 x3 + b2 x2 + b1 x1 + b0 x0 Consider sequence of equations QyQqJilJInhHNiIiIiMiIiJJImZHRiZGKEYo KiYpSSJ4RzYiIiIjIiIiLCgqJkkjYTJHRiVGJ0YjRidGJyomSSNhMUdGJUYnRiRGJ0YnSSNhMEdGJUYnRic= QyQvLUkoY29sbGVjdEc2JCUqcHJvdGVjdGVkR0koX3N5c2xpYkc2IjYkKiYpSSJ4R0YpIiIjIiIiSSJmR0YpRi9GLSIiIUYv LywoKiZJI2EyRzYiIiIiKUkieEdGJiIiJUYnRicqJkkjYTFHRiZGJylGKSIiJEYnRicqJkkjYTBHRiZGJylGKSIiI0YnRiciIiE= QyQvLUkoY29sbGVjdEc2JCUqcHJvdGVjdGVkR0koX3N5c2xpYkc2IjYkKiZJInhHRikiIiJJImZHRilGLUYsIiIhRi0= LywoKiZJI2EyRzYiIiIiKUkieEdGJiIiJEYnRicqJkkjYTFHRiZGJylGKSIiI0YnRicqJkkjYTBHRiZGJ0YpRidGJyIiIQ== QyQvSSJmRzYiIiIhIiIi LywoKiZJI2EyRzYiIiIiKUkieEdGJiIiI0YnRicqJkkjYTFHRiZGJ0YpRidGJ0kjYTBHRiZGJyIiIQ== QyQvLUkoY29sbGVjdEc2JCUqcHJvdGVjdGVkR0koX3N5c2xpYkc2IjYkKiZJInhHRikiIiJJImdHRilGLUYsIiIhRi0= LywqKiZJI2IzRzYiIiIiKUkieEdGJiIiJUYnRicqJkkjYjJHRiZGJylGKSIiJEYnRicqJkkjYjFHRiZGJylGKSIiI0YnRicqJkkjYjBHRiZGJ0YpRidGJyIiIQ== QyQvSSJnRzYiIiIhIiIi LywqKiZJI2IzRzYiIiIiKUkieEdGJiIiJEYnRicqJkkjYjJHRiZGJylGKSIiI0YnRicqJkkjYjFHRiZGJ0YpRidGJ0kjYjBHRiZGJyIiIQ== View as linear equations in QyQ3JyokKUkieEc2IiIiJSIiIiokKUYmIiIkRikqJClGJiIiI0YpRiZGKUYp NycqJClJInhHNiIiIiUiIiIqJClGJSIiJEYoKiQpRiUiIiNGKEYlRig= Coefficient matrix is the Sylvester matrix: QyQtSSV3aXRoRzYkJSpwcm90ZWN0ZWRHSShfc3lzbGliRzYiNiNJLkxpbmVhckFsZ2VicmFHNiRGJ0YmISIi 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 LUknTWF0cml4RzYkJSpwcm90ZWN0ZWRHSShfc3lzbGliRzYiNiMvSSQlaWRHRiciKjcrZGEi If the linearized system has a non-trivial root then the determinant of the Sylvester matrix vanishes. Thus, define resultant to be the determinant of the Sylvester matrix. It can be shown that this definition satisfies the Vanishing Theorem. General algorithm for constructing the Sylvester matrix and the resultant Input: f polynomial of degree m g polynomial of degree n Output: Sylvester matrix of f and g, and determinant of Sylvester matrix = resultant of f and g Algorithm for Sylvester matrix: Construct matrix of size m+n. First block of n rows contains coefficients of f and second block of remaining m rows contains coefficients of g. The two blocks are constructed similarly. The first row contains the coefficients of f (or g) and the remaining entries are filled with zero. The subsequent rows are obtained from the previous row by adding a 0 in front and deleting a 0 at the end of the row. (See example above) Bezout construction Algorithm: Compute Bezout polynomial (f(x)*g(z)-f(z)*g(x))/(x-z) Construct the Bezout matrix which is the coefficient matrix of the Bezout polynomial Resultant is the determinant of the Bezout matrix if f and g have the same degree Example QyQ+SSJmRzYiLCgqJkkjYTJHRiUiIiIpSSJ4R0YlIiIjRilGKSomSSNhMUdGJUYpRitGKUYpSSNhMEdGJUYpRik= LCgqJkkjYTJHNiIiIiIpSSJ4R0YlIiIjRiZGJiomSSNhMUdGJUYmRihGJkYmSSNhMEdGJUYm QyQ+SSJnRzYiLCgqJkkjYjJHRiUiIiIpSSJ4R0YlIiIjRilGKSomSSNiMUdGJUYpRitGKUYpSSNiMEdGJUYpRik= LCgqJkkjYjJHNiIiIiIpSSJ4R0YlIiIjRiZGJiomSSNiMUdGJUYmRihGJkYmSSNiMEdGJUYm QyQ+SSJuRzYiLUknbm9ybWFsRyUqcHJvdGVjdGVkRzYjKiYsJiomSSJmR0YlIiIiLUklc3Vic0dGKDYkL0kieEdGJUkiekdGJUkiZ0dGJUYuRi4qJi1GMDYkRjJGLUYuRjVGLiEiIkYuLCZGM0YuRjRGOUY5Ri4= LDIqKkkiekc2IiIiIkkjYjJHRiVGJkkjYTFHRiVGJkkieEdGJUYmISIiKihGJEYmRidGJkkjYTBHRiVGJkYqKipGJEYmSSNhMkdGJUYmSSNiMUdGJUYmRilGJkYmKihGJEYmRi5GJkkjYjBHRiVGJkYmKiZGL0YmRixGJkYqKiZGKEYmRjFGJkYmKihGKUYmRidGJkYsRiZGKiooRilGJkYuRiZGMUYmRiY= 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Bezout matrix can be adjusted such that the determinant is the resultant. Typical uses 1 Determine parameters such that two polynomials have a common root Example QyQ+SSJmRzYiLCgqJClJInhHRiUiIiMiIiJGKyomSSJwR0YlRitGKUYrRitGK0YrRis= LCgqJClJInhHNiIiIiMiIiJGKComSSJwR0YmRihGJUYoRihGKEYo QyQ+SSJnRzYiLCoqJClJInhHRiUiIiQiIiJGKyomSSJwR0YlRispRikiIiNGK0YrKiYiIiZGK0YtRitGK0YrISIiRis= LCoqJClJInhHNiIiIiQiIiJGKComSSJwR0YmRigpRiUiIiNGKEYoKiYiIiZGKEYqRihGKEYoISIi QyQ+SSJyRzYiLUklc29ydEclKnByb3RlY3RlZEc2JC1JKnJlc3VsdGFudEc2JEYoSShfc3lzbGliR0YlNiVJImZHRiVJImdHRiVJInhHRiVJInBHRiUiIiI= LCgqJiIjSSIiIilJInBHNiIiIiNGJUYlKiYiIzZGJUYnRiUhIiJGKUYl QyQ+NiRJI3AxRzYiSSNwMkdGJi1JJnNvbHZlRzYkJSpwcm90ZWN0ZWRHSShfc3lzbGliR0YmNiMvSSJyR0YmIiIhIiIi NiQsJiMiIzYiI2ciIiIqJiomI0YnRiZGJ14jRidGJ0YnKSIkPiIjRiciIiNGJ0YnLCZGJEYnKiYsJEYpRidGJ0YsRichIiI= For p=p1 or p=p2 the polynomials f and g have a common root. E.g. 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