Solutions to systems of binomial equations



Abstract

Annual Lecture dedicated to the memory of Professor Andrzej Lasota.


Keywords

binomial system; BKK bound; master space; polyhedral homotopy

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Published : 2014-09-30


ChenT., & LiT.-Y. (2014). Solutions to systems of binomial equations. Annales Mathematicae Silesianae, 28, 7-34. Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/AMSIL/article/view/13987

Tianran Chen  chentia1@msu.edu
Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University, USA  United States
Tien-Yien Li 
Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University, USA  United States



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