The Multivariate Schwartz-Zippel Lemma
| Autor: | Doğan, M. Levent, Ergür, Alperen A., Mundo, Jake D., Tsigaridas, Elias |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | SIAM Journal of Discrete Mathematics, Vol 36, Issue 2, 2022 |
| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1137/20M1333869 |
| Popis: | Motivated by applications in combinatorial geometry, we consider the following question: Let $\lambda=(\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\ldots,\lambda_m)$ be an $m$-partition of a positive integer $n$, $S_i \subseteq \mathbb{C}^{\lambda_i}$ be finite sets, and let $S:=S_1 \times S_2 \times \ldots \times S_m \subset \mathbb{C}^n$ be the multi-grid defined by $S_i$. Suppose $p$ is an $n$-variate degree $d$ polynomial. How many zeros does $p$ have on $S$? We first develop a multivariate generalization of Combinatorial Nullstellensatz that certifies existence of a point $t \in S$ so that $p(t) \neq 0$. Then we show that a natural multivariate generalization of the DeMillo-Lipton-Schwartz-Zippel lemma holds, except for a special family of polynomials that we call $\lambda$-reducible. This yields a simultaneous generalization of Szemer\'edi-Trotter theorem and Schwartz-Zippel lemma into higher dimensions, and has applications in incidence geometry. Finally, we develop a symbolic algorithm that identifies certain $\lambda$-reducible polynomials. More precisely, our symbolic algorithm detects polynomials that include a cartesian product of hypersurfaces in their zero set. It is likely that using Chow forms the algorithm can be generalized to handle arbitrary $\lambda$-reducible polynomials, which we leave as an open problem. Comment: Added a few elementary lemmas to improve readability, and fixed a mistake in a proof in the previous version. We spotted the mistake after a question of Joshua Zahl, and very thankful for his question. The paper is to appear in SIAM Journal of Discrete Mathematics |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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