A fast algorithm for computing the characteristic polynomial of the p-curvature
A fast algorithm for computing the characteristic polynomial of the p-curvature
复制标题
计算p曲率特征多项式的快速算法
DOI:
--
复制
发表时间:
2014
期刊:
影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
É. Schost
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
A. Bostan;X. Caruso;É. Schost
We discuss theoretical and algorithmic questions related to the <i>p</i>-curvature of differential operators in characteristic <i>p</i>. Given such an operator <i>L</i>, and denoting by Ξ(<i>L</i>) the characteristic polynomial of its <i>p</i>-curvature, we first prove a new, alternative, description of Ξ(<i>L</i>). This description turns out to be particularly well suited to the fast computation of Ξ(<i>L</i>) when <i>p</i> is large: based on it, we design a new algorithm for computing Ξ(<i>L</i>), whose cost with respect to <i>p</i> is <i>Õ</i>(<i>p</i><sup>0.5</sup>) operations in the ground field. This is remarkable since, prior to this work, the fastest algorithms for this task, and even for the subtask of deciding nilpotency of the <i>p</i>-curvature, had merely slightly subquadratic complexity <i>Õ</i>(<i>p</i><sup>1.79</sup>).