Fast and stable polynomial equation solving and its application to computer vision

International Journal of Computer Vision

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-256

  Byröd, Martin ^a   Josephson, Klas ^a   Åström, Kalle ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gr bner basis; Minimal problems; Polynomial equations; Structure from motion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SCHEME; COMPUTER VISION PROBLEMS; EQUATION SOLVING; MATRIX; MINIMAL PROBLEMS; NEW RESULTS; NUMERICAL PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL STABILITIES; POLYNOMIAL EQUATION; POLYNOMIAL EQUATIONS; QR FACTORIZATIONS; STRUCTURE FROM MOTION;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER VISION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; POLYNOMIALS; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION; SYSTEM STABILITY;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

EID: 67349135634     PISSN: 09205691     EISSN: 15731405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11263-009-0235-z     Document Type: Article

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