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Numerical Schubert Calculus via the Littlewood-Richardson Homotopy Algorithm (1802.00984v3)
Published 3 Feb 2018 in math.AG, cs.NA, and math.NA
Abstract: We develop the Littlewood-Richardson homotopy algorithm, which uses numerical continuation to compute solutions to Schubert problems on Grassmannians and is based on the geometric Littlewood-Richardson rule. One key ingredient of this algorithm is our new optimal formulation of Schubert problems in local Stiefel coordinates as systems of equations. Our implementation can solve problem instances with tens of thousands of solutions.