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- From: kolount@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mihail N Kolountzakis)
- Subject: Is the following problem in NP?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.215148.1224@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Keywords: NP, polynomials, equations, solvability
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 21:51:48 GMT
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- INPUT: a polynomial F(x_1, ... , x_N) of bounded degree (say 10)
- and integer coefficients (also bounded by say 100).
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- OUTPUT: YES iff there are _real_ numbers x_1, ... , x_N that satisfy F=0.
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- Please reply to "kolount@cauchy.stanford.edu".
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- Mike Kolountzakis
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