Preliminary Version of StartSystem


When we solve a polynomial system by the polyhedral homotopy continuation method, the following four phases are necessary:

(1) Compute the mixed cells and construct a family of polyhedral homotopy equation systems.
(2) Solve the starting binomial equation system of each polyhedral system.
(3) Balance the lifting power constants of the family of homotopy equation systems.
(4) Trace the homotopy solution curves from the solutions of the binomial systems computed in (2).

The software package StartSystem provides steps (1) - (3), while either of the MATLAB software packages CMPSm and the C++ software package CMPSc provide step (4). That is, the package StartSystem reads a data file which describes a polynomial system to be solved and output data files which are necessary for the packages CMPSm and CMPSc as their input files.

The software package StartSystem is still under development. Please report any trouble and bug that you may encounter to

Tomohiko MIZUTANI
mizutan8@is.titech.ac.jp


Yang Dai
Dept. of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago

Katsuki Fujisawa
Dept. of Architecture and Architectural Systems, Kyoto University

Takayuki Gunji, Masakazu Kojima and Tomohiko Mizutani
Dept. of Mathematical and Computing Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Akiko Takeda
Corporate Research & Development Center, Toshiba Corporation

May 12, 2002


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