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An efficient quantifier elimination algorithm for algebraically closed fields of any characteristic

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An Algorithm is given which, as input, accepts a formula φ in prenex normal form, with prime formulas P=o, P≠o, for P ε Z [x1,...,x1], and some r ε N. It produces a quantifierfree formula ψ in disjunctive normal form (DNF) such that, in any algebraically closed field, φ ψ is true. The time required for a formula of length l with q quantifiers and r-q free variables is bounded by (c1·l) cr2 rq, for some constants c1, c2. If no ∀-quantifiers occur and the matrix of φ is in DNF, then the time is bounded by (c1·l)rcq2.

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    cover image ACM SIGSAM Bulletin
    ACM SIGSAM Bulletin  Volume 9, Issue 4
    November 1975
    32 pages
    ISSN:0163-5824
    DOI:10.1145/1088322
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    Association for Computing Machinery

    New York, NY, United States

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