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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Stetter, Hans J., 1930
Numerical Polynomial algebra / Hans J. Stetter.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

(pbk.)
1. Polynomials. 2. Numerical analysis. I. Title.
QA 161.P59S74 2004
512.9 ?422-dc22 2004041691

About the cover: The cover art shows the discretized image of the variety of a pseudofactorizable polynomial in three variables; cf. Example 7.13 and Figure 7.5 for the varieties of the pseudofactors.

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Acknowledgments

Fifteen years ago, when I began to get interested in the numerical solving of polynomial systems, my knowledge of commutative algebra was nil. I could not have gained even modest insight into polynomial algebra represented in this book...