A comparison of the monomial method and the S-system method for solving systems of algebraic equations

摘要

Two numerical methods for solving systems of equations have recently been proposed: a method based on monomial approximations (the “monomial method”) and a technique based on S-system methodology (the “S-system method”). The two methods have been shown to be fundamentally identical, that is, they are both equivalent to Newton's method operating on a transformed version of the system of equations. Yet, when applied specifically to algebraic systems of equations, they have significant computational differences that may impact the relative computational efficiency of the two methods. These computational differences are described. A combinatorial strategy for locating many, and sometimes all, solutions to a system of nonlinear equations has also been suggested previously. This paper further investigates the effectiveness of this strategy when applied to either of the two methods.