On dynamic algorithms for factorization invariants in numerical monoids

Abstract: Studying the factorization theory of numerical monoids relies on understanding several important factorization invariants, including length sets, delta sets, and $\omega$-primality. While progress in this field has been accelerated by the use of computer algebra systems, many existing algorithms are computationally infeasible for numerical monoids with several irreducible elements. In this paper, we present dynamic algorithms for the factorization set, length set, delta set, and $\omega$-primality in numerical monoids and demonstrate that these algorithms give significant improvements in runtime and memory usage. In describing our dynamic approach to computing $\omega$-primality, we extend the usual definition of this invariant to the quotient group of the monoid and show that several useful results naturally extend to this broader setting.