TY - GEN
T1 - A deterministic polynomial-time algorithm for approximating mixed discriminant and mixed volume
AU - Gurvits, Leonid
AU - Samorodnitsky, Alex
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - We present a deterministic polynomial algorithm that computes the mixed discriminant of an n-tuple of positive semidefinite matrices to within a multiplicative factor of en. To this end we extend the notion of doubly stochastic matrix scaling to a larger class of n-tuples of positive semidefinite matrices, and provide a polynomial-time algorithm for this scaling. We obtain tight upper and lower bounds on the mixed discriminant of doubly stochasic n-tuples, proving a conjecture of Bapat, and generalizing the van der Waerden - Falikman - Egorychev theorem. As a corollary, we obtain a deterministic polynomial algorithm that computes the mixed volume of n convex bodies in Rn to within a multiplicative factor of nO(n). This answers a question of Dyer, Gritzmann and Hufnagel.
AB - We present a deterministic polynomial algorithm that computes the mixed discriminant of an n-tuple of positive semidefinite matrices to within a multiplicative factor of en. To this end we extend the notion of doubly stochastic matrix scaling to a larger class of n-tuples of positive semidefinite matrices, and provide a polynomial-time algorithm for this scaling. We obtain tight upper and lower bounds on the mixed discriminant of doubly stochasic n-tuples, proving a conjecture of Bapat, and generalizing the van der Waerden - Falikman - Egorychev theorem. As a corollary, we obtain a deterministic polynomial algorithm that computes the mixed volume of n convex bodies in Rn to within a multiplicative factor of nO(n). This answers a question of Dyer, Gritzmann and Hufnagel.
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U2 - 10.1145/335305.335311
DO - 10.1145/335305.335311
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AN - SCOPUS:0033727271
SN - 1581131844
SN - 9781581131840
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing
SP - 48
EP - 57
BT - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, STOC 2000
T2 - 32nd Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, STOC 2000
Y2 - 21 May 2000 through 23 May 2000
ER -