Computing the Betti numbers of arrangements via spectral sequences

Journal of Computer and System Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 244-262

  Basu, Saugata ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Betti numbers; Semi algebraic sets; Spectral sequence

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLYNOMIALS; SET THEORY; VECTORS;

BETTI NUMBERS; GLOBAL TRIANGULATION; SEMI-ALGEBRAIC SETS; SPECTRAL SEQUENCES;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 0142059904     PISSN: 00220000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0000(03)00009-6     Document Type: Article

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