Root bounds of vertical systems using tropical geometry

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Autori principali: Feliu, Elisenda, Helminck, Paul Alexander, Henriksson, Oskar, Ren, Yue, Schröter, Benjamin, Telek, Máté L.
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author Feliu, Elisenda
Helminck, Paul Alexander
Henriksson, Oskar
Ren, Yue
Schröter, Benjamin
Telek, Máté L.
author_facet Feliu, Elisenda
Helminck, Paul Alexander
Henriksson, Oskar
Ren, Yue
Schröter, Benjamin
Telek, Máté L.
contents Sparse polynomial systems with vertical coefficient dependencies arise naturally when describing the critical points of optimization problems and, when augmented with linear forms, the steady states of chemical reaction networks. Moreover, any polynomial system is the specialization of such a parametrized system. We prove that the generic number of complex zeros of an augmented vertically parametrized system is the tropical intersection number of a tropical linear space and a classical linear space. In the special case when the matroid of the tropical linear space is cotransversal, we express this number as a mixed volume. We also obtain bounds on the maximal number of positive zeros, which is often the significant number in applications. We derive lower bounds from the number of intersections between positive tropicalizations, and when the positive zeros have toric structure, we provide upper bounds that are simpler and in some cases smaller than the generic root count. The resulting algorithms are implemented in Julia.
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spellingShingle Root bounds of vertical systems using tropical geometry
Feliu, Elisenda
Helminck, Paul Alexander
Henriksson, Oskar
Ren, Yue
Schröter, Benjamin
Telek, Máté L.
Algebraic Geometry
14T90, 14T15, 14Q30, 52B40, 14M25, 52A39, 13P15, 92E20
Sparse polynomial systems with vertical coefficient dependencies arise naturally when describing the critical points of optimization problems and, when augmented with linear forms, the steady states of chemical reaction networks. Moreover, any polynomial system is the specialization of such a parametrized system. We prove that the generic number of complex zeros of an augmented vertically parametrized system is the tropical intersection number of a tropical linear space and a classical linear space. In the special case when the matroid of the tropical linear space is cotransversal, we express this number as a mixed volume. We also obtain bounds on the maximal number of positive zeros, which is often the significant number in applications. We derive lower bounds from the number of intersections between positive tropicalizations, and when the positive zeros have toric structure, we provide upper bounds that are simpler and in some cases smaller than the generic root count. The resulting algorithms are implemented in Julia.
title Root bounds of vertical systems using tropical geometry
topic Algebraic Geometry
14T90, 14T15, 14Q30, 52B40, 14M25, 52A39, 13P15, 92E20
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.07645