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Proof of some conjectural congruences involving products of two binomial coefficients

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Journal of Symbolic Computation Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsc.2025.102436

Guo-Shuai Mao , Xiran Zhang

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A propositional encoding for first-order clausal entailment over infinitely many constants

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Journal of Symbolic Computation Pub Date : 2025-02-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsc.2025.102434

Vaishak Belle

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Reduction systems and degree bounds for integration

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Journal of Symbolic Computation Pub Date : 2025-02-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsc.2025.102432

Hao Du , Clemens G. Raab

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Congruence properties for Schmidt type d-fold partition diamonds

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Journal of Symbolic Computation Pub Date : 2025-02-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsc.2025.102431

Olivia X.M. Yao, Xuan Yu

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On other two representations of the C-recursive integer sequences by terms in modular arithmetic

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Journal of Symbolic Computation Pub Date : 2025-02-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsc.2025.102433

Mihai Prunescu

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Wilf-Zeilberger seeds and non-trivial hypergeometric identities

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Journal of Symbolic Computation Pub Date : 2025-01-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsc.2025.102421

Kam Cheong Au

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First-order factors of linear Mahler operators

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Journal of Symbolic Computation Pub Date : 2025-01-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsc.2025.102424

Frédéric Chyzak , Thomas Dreyfus , Philippe Dumas , Marc Mezzarobba

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The conjugacy problem and canonical representatives in finitely generated nilpotent groups

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Journal of Symbolic Computation Pub Date : 2025-01-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsc.2025.102422

Bettina Eick, Óscar Fernández Ayala

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On the existence of telescopers for P-recursive sequences

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Journal of Symbolic Computation Pub Date : 2025-01-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsc.2025.102423

Lixin Du

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Fast evaluation of generalized Todd polynomials: Applications to MacMahon's partition analysis and integer programming

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Journal of Symbolic Computation Pub Date : 2025-01-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsc.2025.102420

Guoce Xin , Yingrui Zhang , ZiHao Zhang

{"title":"Fast evaluation of generalized Todd polynomials: Applications to MacMahon's partition analysis and integer programming","authors":"Guoce Xin , Yingrui Zhang , ZiHao Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jsc.2025.102420","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jsc.2025.102420","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Todd polynomials, denoted as <span><math><msub><mrow><mtext>td</mtext></mrow><mrow><mi>k</mi></mrow></msub><mo>(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>b</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>b</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>b</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow></msub><mo>)</mo></math></span>, are characterized by their generating function:<span><span><span><math><munder><mo>∑</mo><mrow><mi>k</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></munder><msub><mrow><mtext>td</mtext></mrow><mrow><mi>k</mi></mrow></msub><msup><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>k</mi></mrow></msup><mo>=</mo><munderover><mo>∏</mo><mrow><mi>i</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow></munderover><mfrac><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>b</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><mi>s</mi></mrow><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>e</mi></mrow><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>b</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><mi>s</mi></mrow></msup><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></mfrac><mo>.</mo></math></span></span></span> These polynomials serve as fundamental components in the Todd class of toric varieties – a concept of significant relevance in the study of lattice polytopes and number theory. We identify that generalized Todd polynomials emerge naturally within the realm of MacMahon's partition analysis, particularly in the context of computing the Ehrhart series. We introduce an efficient method for the evaluation of generalized Todd polynomials for numerical values of <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>b</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>. This is achieved through the development of expedited operations in the quotient ring <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>Z</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow></msub><mo>[</mo><mo>[</mo><mi>s</mi><mo>]</mo><mo>]</mo></math></span> modulo <span><math><msup><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>d</mi></mrow></msup></math></span>, where <em>p</em> is a large prime. The practical implications of our work are demonstrated through two applications: firstly, we facilitate a recalculated resolution of the Ehrhart series for magic squares of order 6, a problem initially addressed by the first author, reducing computation time from 70 days to approximately 1 day; secondly, we present a polynomial-time algorithm for Integer Linear Programming in the scenario where the dimension is fixed, exhibiting a notable enhancement in computational efficiency.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50031,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Symbolic Computation","volume":"130 ","pages":"Article 102420"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143176021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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