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The topological configuration of a real algebraic curve

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Takis Sakkalis
Takis Sakkalis
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester MI 48309-4401, United States of America
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Abstract

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This paper presents an algorithm, motivated by Morse Theory, for the topological configuration of the components of a real algebraic curve {f(x, y) = 0}. The running time of the algorithm is O(n12 (d + log n)2 log n), where n, d are the degree and maximum coefficient size of f(x, y).

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Research Article
Information
Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , February 1991 , pp. 37 - 50
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1991

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