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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2021.32
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-143062
URL: http://dagstuhl.sunsite.rwth-aachen.de/volltexte/2021/14306/
Bürgisser, Peter ;
Doğan, M. Levent ;
Makam, Visu ;
Walter, Michael ;
Wigderson, Avi
Polynomial Time Algorithms in Invariant Theory for Torus Actions
Abstract
An action of a group on a vector space partitions the latter into a set of orbits. We consider three natural and useful algorithmic "isomorphism" or "classification" problems, namely, orbit equality, orbit closure intersection, and orbit closure containment. These capture and relate to a variety of problems within mathematics, physics and computer science, optimization and statistics. These orbit problems extend the more basic null cone problem, whose algorithmic complexity has seen significant progress in recent years.
In this paper, we initiate a study of these problems by focusing on the actions of commutative groups (namely, tori). We explain how this setting is motivated from questions in algebraic complexity, and is still rich enough to capture interesting combinatorial algorithmic problems. While the structural theory of commutative actions is well understood, no general efficient algorithms were known for the aforementioned problems. Our main results are polynomial time algorithms for all three problems. We also show how to efficiently find separating invariants for orbits, and how to compute systems of generating rational invariants for these actions (in contrast, for polynomial invariants the latter is known to be hard). Our techniques are based on a combination of fundamental results in invariant theory, linear programming, and algorithmic lattice theory.
BibTeX - Entry
@InProceedings{burgisser_et_al:LIPIcs.CCC.2021.32,
author = {B\"{u}rgisser, Peter and Do\u{g}an, M. Levent and Makam, Visu and Walter, Michael and Wigderson, Avi},
title = {{Polynomial Time Algorithms in Invariant Theory for Torus Actions}},
booktitle = {36th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2021)},
pages = {32:1--32:30},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-193-1},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2021},
volume = {200},
editor = {Kabanets, Valentine},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2021/14306},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-143062},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2021.32},
annote = {Keywords: computational invariant theory, geometric complexity theory, orbit closure intersection problem}
}
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computational invariant theory, geometric complexity theory, orbit closure intersection problem |
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36th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2021) |
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2021 |
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08.07.2021 |
