### D.12.8 rootsur_lib

Library:
  rootsur.lib
Purpose:
  Counting number of real roots of univariate polynomial
Author:
  Enrique A. Tobis, etobis@dc.uba.ar

Overview:
  Routines for bounding and counting the number of real roots of a univariate polynomial, by means of several different methods, namely Descartes' rule of signs, the Budan-Fourier theorem, Sturm sequences and Sturm-Habicht sequences. The first two give bounds on the number of roots. The other two compute the actual number of roots of the polynomial. There are several wrapper functions, to simplify the application of the aforesaid theorems and some functions to determine whether a given polynomial is univariate.

References:
  Basu, Pollack, Roy, "Algorithms in Real Algebraic Geometry", Springer, 2003.

Procedures:

> D.12.8.1 isuni |  | Checks whether a polynomial is univariate
> D.12.8.2 whichvariable |  | The only variable of a univariate monomial (or 0)
> D.12.8.3 varsigns |  | Number of sign changes in a list
> D.12.8.4 boundBuFou |  | Bound for number of real roots of polynomial p in interval (a,b)
> D.12.8.5 boundposDes |  | Bound for the number of positive real roots of polynomial p
> D.12.8.6 boundDes |  | Bound for the number of real roots of polynomial p
> D.12.8.7 allrealst |  | Checks whether all the roots of a polynomial are real (via Sturm)
> D.12.8.8 maxabs |  | A bound for the maximum absolute value of a root of a poly
> D.12.8.9 allreal |  | Checks whether all the roots of a polynomial are real (via St-Ha)
> D.12.8.10 sturm |  | Number of real roots of a polynomial on an interval (via Sturm)
> D.12.8.11 sturmseq |  | Sturm sequence of a polynomial
> D.12.8.12 sturmha |  | Number of real roots of a polynomial in (a,b) (via Sturm-Habicht)
> D.12.8.13 sturmhaseq |  | A Sturm-Habicht Sequence of a polynomial
> D.12.8.14 reverse |  | Reverses a list
> D.12.8.15 nrroots |  | The number of real roots of p
> D.12.8.16 isparam |  | Returns 0 if and only if the polynomial has non-parametric coefficients

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